Belarusian riot police have broken up a protest organized on the Internet against President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in the capital, Minsk, detaining scores of demonstrators.
Belarusian Police Break Up Flash-Mob Protests
![Up to a thousand people gathered, but were blocked by Minsk police.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0998928d-9975-4cf2-af83-ec47b6d6eab2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Up to a thousand people gathered, but were blocked by Minsk police.
![](https://gdb.rferl.org/5debf232-fb16-4031-ac60-0eabf8b7850b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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![Up to a thousand people gathered, but were blocked by Minsk police.](https://gdb.rferl.org/551a4157-2348-4815-aa60-4a4cb0c09cd5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Up to a thousand people gathered, but were blocked by Minsk police.
![](https://gdb.rferl.org/7eda3507-605b-4735-ac90-3d2bb692f665_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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![Squads of special forces moved in and hustled people into police buses.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7a940558-ed05-4fcf-a69c-3d0897b440d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Squads of special forces moved in and hustled people into police buses.
![](https://gdb.rferl.org/e04204b0-057e-4084-8eed-ee2642cbae40_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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![Squads of special forces moved in and hustled people into police buses.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ab4e36fa-f79b-477c-8c80-91a63bd6eb28_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Squads of special forces moved in and hustled people into police buses.
![Squads of special forces moved in and hustled people into police buses.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1d041d91-0c51-4886-a2ce-9f83eabff313_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Squads of special forces moved in and hustled people into police buses.