Belarus detains opposition leaders over tax protests

‘Belarus has detained several opposition leaders after people took to the streets to protest a new government measure for imposing tax on “freeloaders.”
Vyasna, a local human rights group, said Sunday that Pavel Severinets, a prominent opposition leader, along with three journalists, had been arrested earlier in the day after a protest in the city of Orsha in eastern Belarus.
Vyasna said police had also detained three other opposition leaders a day earlier after some 1,000 people staged a protest in the city of Maladzyechna, northwest of the capital Minsk. It said those detained on Saturday were thrown in detention for 15 days.’
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