BBC: Belarus elections: Shocked by violence, people lose their fear
Seeing police brutality up close has shocked Belarusians, first during the street clashes with protesters and then as accounts spread of cruelty towards those taken to detention centres.
A 25-year-old man died in custody after he was detained on Sunday. His mother said he had been held in a police van for hours.
A street very close to my home in Minsk was at the heart of one of the confrontations between police and protesters this week.
Stun grenades went off and people screamed as riot police struck them with batons. The screams were so loud that they drowned out the sound of the grenades.
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More News On The Unrest In Belarus
Thousands Form Human Chains in Belarus After Post-Vote Crackdown -- Moscow Times/AFP
Belarus election: Women form 'solidarity chains' to condemn crackdown -- BBC
Belarus Protests: What You Need to Know -- New York Times
Belarus election: Second protester dies as UN sounds alarm -- BBC
U.N. rights boss decries crackdown in Belarus, says 6,000 detained -- Reuters
'They were smashing me with batons': detained Belarusians tell of jail abuse -- The Guardian
Women In Belarus Take To The Streets To Protest Post-Election Crackdown -- NPR
Belarus violence goes on, as EU ministers scramble -- EU Observer
Pompeo calls for joint US-EU effort on Belarus crisis -- France 24
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