Belarus opposition leader flees abroad

By Andrei Makhovsky
Updated August 11 2020 - 7:31pm, first published 7:29pm
Police have cracked down on thousands of protesters in Minsk in a second night of violence.
Police have cracked down on thousands of protesters in Minsk in a second night of violence.

Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya says she has fled abroad for the sake of her children, after two nights of clashes following the contested re-election of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko.

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