PHOTO PHOTO: Members of the United Nations Security Council attend a meeting on the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York, US, December 18, 2018. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday began voting on a US bid to extend an …
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This first chain of women appeared on Wednesday: a few hundred brave souls, clad in white and adorned with air flowers, in a quiet powerful response to the horrific violence caused by thousands of Belarusians in previous days. Towards the following afternoon, columns of flower-waving women sat everywhere, parading along …
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PEople detained in recent days of unrest in Belarus have told the Guardian about systematic abuse and mistreatment, suggesting that guards and police officers loyal to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime have thousands of Belarusians. Russians have terrorized those caught in the attack on recent protests. Those detained in police stations, prisons …
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