Journalists caught up in Belarus crackdown
Dozens of journalists in Belarus are detained as they cover protests against the re-election of Aleksandr Lukashenko, who declared a landslide victory in what is widely viewed as a rigged election. Many of those detained are beaten and injured, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists. Hospitalized journalist Alena Scharbinskaya tells CPJ of beatings inside the Minsk detention center where she was jailed for three days. (Photo: AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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