EU eyes sanctions over Belarus vote

By Gabriela Baczynska
Updated August 13 2020 - 10:41pm, first published 10:36pm
Women protested in Minsk in defiance of a brutal crackdown by Belarus police.
Women protested in Minsk in defiance of a brutal crackdown by Belarus police.

Belarus has begun releasing some of the thousands of people detained in a crackdown by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko that has prompted the European Union to consider imposing sanctions.

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