MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in Belarus detained at least three opposition activists and prevented dozens more from protesting against the jailing of opposition leaders in a rare downtown rally in the capital.
An Associated Press journalist saw police detain the activists on central Oktyabrskaya square Friday evening as dozens came there with portraits of two presidential candidates and activists who have been jailed since December.
Protesters shouted: "Gadhafi for today, Lukashenko tomorrow!" Police did not use violence to disperse the rally, but they took away a megaphone and the portraits of opposition leaders from the protesters, and mingled in their group, preventing them …
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