Belarus police detain more than 10 people at opposition rally in Minsk: Reuters witness

September 26, 2020

MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian police detained more than 10 people at an opposition rally in the capital Minsk on Saturday, a Reuters reporter witnessed.

The country of 9.5 million has been rocked by mass protests and strikes since an Aug. 9 presidential election which the opposition said was rigged.

(Reporting by Andrey Makhovsky; writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; editing by Jason Neely)