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Thousands of people have been gathering in Belarus to sign documents in support of opposition candidates for president. Some of them hold giant slippers to swat “the cockroach,” a reference to the country’s long-serving, authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The authorities have reacted by arresting hundreds of activists and two prominent opposition leaders.
Originally published at – https://www.rferl.org/a/belarusian-opposition-leader-arrested-after-calling-lukashenka-a-cockroach-/30646755.html 1