100,000 Minsk protesters tell Lukashenko to resign

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched to the outskirts of the presidential residence in the capital of Belarus on Sunday. They called for President Alexander Lukashenko to resign, as protests against the country's authoritarian leader entered their fifth week.

Protests also took place in major cities throughout Belarus, according to the country's Interior Ministry. Crowd sizes for those protests were not immediately reported, but the Viasna human rights organization said the demonstration in Minsk attracted more than 100,000 people. It also reported that about 200 protesters were detained throughout the country, including more than 100 in the capital.