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Al Jazeera reports:
"Belarus police detained at least 250 protesters as tens of thousands demonstrated in the capital Minsk before talks between strongman Alexander Lukashenko and Russia's Vladimir Putin. Security forces dressed in riot gear used barbed wire to seal off the central square in the capital.⠀
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Al Jazeera's @StepVaessen, reporting by phone from Minsk, said the internet was blocked and security forces had been making it extremely hard for protesters to gather. Yet, she said, tens of thousands rallied in the centre of the capital, although at different locations than initially planned.⠀
An Al Jazeera cameraman was briefly detained and nearly dragged into a van but escaped, Vaessen reported.⠀
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"Vans of masked policemen are driving around the city at high speed, stopping and snatching people from the street," she said. "It is very clear that the strategy today is to clamp down on anymore moving towards the Sunday rally."⠀
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"Belarus police detained at least 250 protesters as tens of thousands demonstrated in the capital Minsk before talks between strongman Alexander Lukashenko and Russia's Vladimir Putin. Security forces dressed in riot gear used barbed wire to seal off the central square in the capital.⠀
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Al Jazeera's @StepVaessen, reporting by phone from Minsk, said the internet was blocked and security forces had been making it extremely hard for protesters to gather. Yet, she said, tens of thousands rallied in the centre of the capital, although at different locations than initially planned.⠀
An Al Jazeera cameraman was briefly detained and nearly dragged into a van but escaped, Vaessen reported.⠀
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"Vans of masked policemen are driving around the city at high speed, stopping and snatching people from the street," she said. "It is very clear that the strategy today is to clamp down on anymore moving towards the Sunday rally."⠀
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