Unidentified Belarusian authorities have detained one of the two remaining free leaders of an opposition council amid continuing protests against longtime President Alexander Lukashenko following a disputed election.Attorney Maxim Znak was taken out of the Coordination Council’s office on Wednesday by unknown people wearing ski masks, according to his associate, Gleb German. Znak’s detention came as Lukashenko tries to end protests against him. German said Znak managed to text “masks” before his phone was seized.The 2015 Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich speaks to reporters at her apartment in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 9, 2020.Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 …read more
Source:: Voice of America
