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		</div><p>Tens of thousands of protesters have swarmed the streets of Minsk pressing for the resignation of Belarus’ authoritarian president as an opposition leader said a nationwide strike will start on Monday.</p>
<p>More than 200,000 people took part in the demonstration in the capital on Sunday, the Viasna human rights centre said.</p>
<p>They carried red and white flags and marched while chanting “go away” and “new election”, references to a disputed presidential vote that returned President Alexander Lukashenko to a sixth term and triggered almost daily protests.</p>
<p>Several subway stations were closed, mobile internet was not working and water cannons and armoured vehicles were seen in the centre of Minsk.</p>
<p>Rallies also took place in other cities in Belarus and police detained scores of people across the country.</p>
<p>A list of detained protesters released by the Viasna centre had more than 200 names by Sunday evening.</p>
<p>In Minsk, police used stun grenades to disperse the crowds.</p>
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<p>Belarusian media reported several people suffered injuries.</p>
<p>Mass protests have rocked Belarus for more than two months, ever since the official results of the August 9 election gave Mr Lukashenko a landslide victory with 80% of the vote.</p>
<p>His main challenger, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, got only 10% of the votes and refused to recognise the outcome as valid, saying it was manipulated.</p>
<p>The post-election rallies have posed a major challenge to Mr Lukashenko, who has run the country for 26 years and relentlessly suppressed opposition and independent media.</p>
<p>Early on, authorities tried to quell the unrest with mass detentions and police dispersing crowds with truncheons, stun grenades and water cannons.</p>
<p>According to human rights advocates, some 15,000 people have been detained in Belarus since the election and more than 100 of them were declared political prisoners.</p>
<p>But the protests continued despite the crackdown and police threatening to open fire on the demonstrators.</p>
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<p>Ms Tsikhanouskaya, who is currently in exile in Lithuania after leaving the country in fear for her safety, threatened to call a nationwide strike for Monday unless Mr Lukashenko announced his resignation, released political prisoners and stopped the crackdown on protesters before then.</p>
<p>“The people’s ultimatum,” as Ms Tsikhanouskaya dubbed her demands, was the theme of Sunday’s rally.</p>
<p>In a statement from Vilnius, Ms Tsikhanouskaya expressed support for the protesters in Belarus and said the deadline for authorities expires at 11.59pm. local time on Sunday.</p>
<p>“If the demands are not met, Belarusians will start the national strike,” Ms Tsikhanouskaya said.</p>
<p>In another statement later in the day, Ms Tsikhanouskaya condemned the use of stun grenades against the protesters in Minsk and said the strike will begin on Monday.</p>
<p>“The regime has once again showed the Belarusians that violence is the only thing it is capable of,” she said.</p>
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