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Strikes Add Momentum To Wave Of Election Protests In Belarus


Strikes Add Momentum To Wave Of Election Protests In Belarus
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Strikes have broken out across Belarus as protests grow against alleged electoral fraud and a brutal postelection crackdown by security forces. The protest wave was sparked when the authorities announced after the August 9 election that long-serving authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka had received some 80 percent of the vote.

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