Women attend a Belarusian opposition supporters' rally to protest against police brutality and to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
(Reuters) - Belarusian police detained hundreds of protesters in central Minsk on Saturday, a witness said, as around 2,000 people marched through the city demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko step down.
Belarus, a former Soviet republic closely allied with Russia, has been rocked by mass street protests since Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in an Aug. 9 presidential election that his opponents say was rigged. He denies their accusation.
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