BELARUS CRISIS — Crowds return to Minsk in weekly demonstration against Lukashenko

Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Minsk for weekly demonstrations against Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday.

According to local media, the majority of the protesters marched peacefully in the direction of the president's official residence via Independence Avenue in what was the fifth mass protest to rock the eastern European country since the controversial elections of 9 August. EFE-EPA

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Source: efe.com , English edition