Law enforcement officers scuffle with demonstrators during a women's rally against police brutality following protests to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus September 12, 2020. Tut.By/Handout via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained at least 46 protesters on Saturday as thousands of people gathered in the Belarus capital Minsk demanding the release of a jailed opposition leader, the latest in a wave of mass protests following a disputed election.
Maria Kolesnikova, 38, has emerged as a key opposition figure after others were either jailed or forced out of the country, including Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who challenged President Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential election.
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