Belarussian police on Tuesday dispersed an opposition rally and detained about 20 protesters expressing solidarity with dozens of ethnic Polish activists detained the day before.The demonstration in central Minsk had only just started when riot police in combat gear moved in to grab protesters as a female demonstrator tried to unfurl a poster, a Reuters photographer reported from the scene. Several opposition protesters had been detained before the rally which was banned by the authorities. Belarus's European Union neighbour Poland on Monday condemned the detention of about 40 ethnic Polish activists, days after Poland recalled its envoy in protest at an earlier crackdown.
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