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A list of the names of the detained protesters is published on the Center’s website and is constantly updated.
In this list, the winner of the beauty contest “Miss Belarus – 2008” Olga Chizhenkova, the winner of the Olympic Games, the athlete Andrei Kravchenko, the kickboxer Ivan Ganin.
Viasna recorded his arrests in the capital Minsk, as well as in other major cities in the country, such as Grodno, Mogilev, Gomel, Pinsk, Bobruisk, Lechovichi, Bereza.
Belarus has been holding massive protests for three months over the August 9 presidential elections, which were officially announced by 66-year-old Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and western democracies consider these elections rigged.
The protesters are demanding the resignation of Lukashenko, the release of political prisoners and new elections.
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