MINSK, Belarus (AP) — About 100 protesters have rallied in the Belarusian capital, clapping their hands and stomping their feet to protest the policies of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Police didn't interfere with Wednesday's protest. They broke up many other more numerous rallies and detained participants.
The head of the European Union mission in Belarus, Maira Mora, had urged the government to refrain from using force against peaceful demonstrators.
Lukashenko, who has ruled the nation of 10 million people with an iron hand for more than 17 years, is facing simmering public anger over the nation's worst financial crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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