FILE PHOTO: Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya pauses during a meeting with Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde (not pictured) in Stockholm, Sweden November 17, 2020. TT News Agency/Claudio Bresciani via REUTERS
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on European leaders to impose targeted economic sanctions on supporters of President Alexander Lukashenko after police stepped up violence against protesters.
Police in Minsk used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators on Sunday, on the fourteenth straight weekend of protests since a disputed presidential election on Aug. 9 that Lukashenko says he won.
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