A leading opposition activist and several other members of an opposition council in Belarus go missing, prompting fears of their illegal detention by the disputed incumbent Government.
A day later, a raft of European journalists including those from the BBC were stripped of accreditation.Sunday's demonstrations in Minsk and other cities went on despite the authorities' warning that participants could face reprisals.Targeting the protest leaders, Belarusian prosecutors have opened a criminal probe of the Coordination Council that opposition activists set up after the election to try to negotiate a transition of power.
One of them, Olga Kovalkova, said she was pressured to leave for Poland over the weekend after being threatened with a longer jail term.Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is pressing for a re-run of the elections while in exile in Lithuania.
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