People raise their hands during a peaceful rally against falsification of presidential election results, in Minsk, Belarus. Mass protests began across the country on Sunday evening after the official results of the presidential election showed incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko's landslide victory with over 80 percent of the vote. Some 5,000 people have been detained during the demonstrations, according to the Interior Ministry.
- Categories: Social Issues, Politics
- Location: Minsk, Belarus
- Event date: 12.08.2020
- Date published: 12.08.2020
- Author: Viktor Tolochko
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5568x3712px, 8.3Mb
- Job-ID: 9a836af821f6e204