Belarusian opposition leaders and rights groups call on the US and its Western allies to put more pressure on Belarusian President Lukashenko, as they denounce an appearance by a detained journalist on state television as 'ruthless propaganda.'
, 26, said he had played a role in anti-government protests during a 90-minute interview aired late Thursday on the state-run ONT channel.
At times tearful, he said that he had plotted to topple Lukashenko by organizing mass protests and that other opposition activists should call off their demonstrations.Sergei Grits / AP file
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