Police in Belarus arrest 5 at opposition protest
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in the capital of Belarus have arrested at least five people at a protest demanding the release of all political prisoners.
Two former presidential candidates, two opposition leaders and a prominent human rights activist are jailed in the authoritarian former Soviet nation.
A few dozen activists from a movement called European Belarus held the protest Tuesday evening on the main square in Minsk, the capital. They held portraits of those jailed and shouted "Freedom to political prisoners."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police quickly moved in and arrested at least five of them.
The United States and European Union also have demanded that the President Alexander Lukashenko free all political prisoners.