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7 pm 10 minutes. There were 618 surnames on the detainee lists compiled by Viasna at local time (6 pm 10 minutes Lithuania). The lists continue to be completed.
Most of the arrests have been made in Minsk, but arrests have also been reported in Gomel, Svetlahorsk, Novgorod, Babruysk, Grodno, Pinsk, Brest, Navapolack, Baranovichi, Magilia, Asipovichy, Žlobin, Maladecina and Vija.
The Minsk militia confirmed that people had been detained in the Belarusian capital. The militia also confirmed that special measures had been used, but no further details were provided.
According to the Belarusian Journalists Association, 17 journalists were arrested during protests in various cities.
Belarus has been protesting for more than three months against the decision to declare the 26-year-old authoritarian leader Aliaksand Lukashenko the winner of the controversial presidential elections on August 9.
The opposition and the West consider the election rigged.
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