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People use their mobile phone torches during an opposition rally in Independence Square in Minsk Source: AAP

In a show of force by Belarusian authorities, two opposition figures have been given 10-day jail terms for organising demonstrations.

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In a show of force by Belarusian authorities, two opposition figures have been given 10-day jail terms for organising demonstrations.

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