Belarus investigators question Nobel laureate amid protest crackdown
25 August 2020 |
3:44 pm
Belarus investigators summoned Nobel Literature Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich for questioning over her ties to an opposition group. Meanwhile, authorities have arrest protest leaders demanding the president's ouster.
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