People with their childs stand at a barbed wire fence in front of a police line toward the Independence Palace, residence of the President Alexander Lukashenko, during Belarusian opposition supporters rally in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, September 6, 2020. Sunday's demonstration marked the beginning of the fifth week of daily protests calling for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's resignation in the wake of allegedly manipulated elections. (Photo by TUT.by/AP Photo)





Belarusian medical workers gesture during a rally in support of Maria Kolesnikova, and other members of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to facilitate talks with Lukashenko on a transition of power, was detained Monday in the capital of Minsk with two other council members, in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 9, 2020. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A riot police officer detains a Belarussian opposition supporter during a protest in Independence Avenue in Minsk, Belarus on August 30, 2020. The announcement of the results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election has sparked mass protests in Minsk and major cities across Belarus. (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/TASS)





Plain clothes law enforcement officers detain a participant in the March of Unity event in Victors Avenue in Minsk, Belarus on September 6, 2020. The announcement of the results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election has sparked mass protests in Minsk and major cities across Belarus. (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko/TASS)





A student takes part in a protest in Minsk, Belarus on September 1, 2020. The announcement of the results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election has sparked mass protests in Minsk and major cities across Belarus. A sticker reads “Truth”. (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/TASS)





A Belarus opposition supporter raises a V-sign from his window as he welcomes a rally to protest against disputed presidential elections results in Minsk on August 27, 2020. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Maria Kolesnikova, one of Belarus' opposition leaders, center, gestures during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, August 30, 2020. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in the capital of Belarus, beginning the fourth week of daily protests demanding that the country's authoritarian president resign. The protests began after an Aug. 9 presidential election that protesters say was rigged and officials say gave President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office. (Photo by Tut.By via AP Photo)





Belarusian police officers detain an opposition supporter during a rally to protest against the disputed August 9 presidential elections results in Minsk on September 6, 2020. Tens of thousands of Belarusians staged a peaceful new march on September 6, keeping the pressure on strongman Alexander Lukashenko who has refused to quit after his disputed re-election and turned to Russia for help to stay in power. (Photo by TUT.BY/AFP Photo)





Belarus women, opposition activists resist the police attempt to detain them, as they gathered to support their current leader Maria Kolesnikova, in Minsk, Belarus, 08 September 2020. According to media reports citing eyewitnesses and fellow campaign members, Kolesnikova was detained by unidentified persons in Minsk on 07 September and taken to the border with Ukraine early 08 September to be deported, which she reportedly refused by ripping up her passport. The Belarusian State Border Committee confirmed the detention of Maria Kolesnikova on the border. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Women, one of them with her child, speak to police officers during a rally in support of Maria Kolesnikova, and other members of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to facilitate talks with Lukashenko on a transition of power, was detained Monday in the capital of Minsk with two other council members, in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 9, 2020. The leading opposition candidate in Belarus' disputed presidential election said Wednesday that the political tension in her country should be solved internally, by the Belarusian people, but she did not exclude the need for future international mediation. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A first-grade student rings the first bell during a ceremony marking the beginning of a new academic year at Gymnasium 23 in Minsk, Belarus on September 1, 2020. (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/TASS)





A woman covers herself by an old Belarusian national flag reacts as opposition supporters gather in front of police line toward the Independence Palace, residence of the President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, September 6, 2020. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Protesters try to prevent police from detaining a demonstrator, center, during a rally in support of Maria Kolesnikova, and other members of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to facilitate talks with Lukashenko on a transition of power, was detained Monday in the capital of Minsk with two other council members, in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, September 9, 2020. The leading opposition candidate in Belarus' disputed presidential election said Wednesday that the political tension in her country should be solved internally, by the Belarusian people, but she did not exclude the need for future international mediation. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People take part in an opposition rally in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus on September 2, 2020. Since the announcement of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election results on August 9, mass protests against the election results have been erupting in major cities across Belarus. (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/TASS)





Women march during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, September 5, 2020. Women's marches and demonstrations have become a regular feature of the four weeks of protest that have shaken Belarus following a disputed election that gave Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People attend an opposition demonstration to protest against presidential election results, in front of the Church of Saints Simon and Helena at the Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus on August 28, 2020. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





A woman shouts standing in front of police line during a rally in support of Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to facilitate talks with Lukashenko on a transition of power, was detained Monday in the capital of Minsk with two other council members, in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, September 8, 2020. A leading opposition activist in Belarus is being held on the border with Ukraine after she resisted attempts by authorities to deport her from the country as part of a clampdown on protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The poster on the wall reads “Shame!”. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Police officers detain a woman during a rally in support of Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to facilitate talks with Lukashenko on a transition of power, was detained Monday in the capital of Minsk with two other council members, in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, September 8, 2020. A leading opposition activist in Belarus is being held on the border with Ukraine after she resisted attempts by authorities to deport her from the country as part of a clampdown on protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Activists argue with law enforcement officers during a rally in support of detained Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova in Minsk, Belarus on September 8, 2020. (Photo by Tut.By via Reuters)





Law enforcement officers detain participants of a rally to support detained opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova in Minsk on September 8, 2020. Authorities in Belarus tried to forcibly expel leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from the country but she tore up her passport in defiance and jumped out a car window to stay, her allies said on September 8, 2020. Kolesnikova, one of the last of the figures leading mass protests against President Alexander Lukashenko who is still in the country, was detained at the border early on Tuesday after going missing in Monday. (Photo by TUT.BY/AFP Photo)





Law enforcement officers block Independence Avenue during the March of Unity event held by Belarusian opposition supporters in Minsk, Belarus on September 6, 2020. The announcement of the results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election has sparked mass protests in Minsk and major cities across Belarus. (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko/TASS/Sipa USA)





A cow grazes near a slagheap of a town of Salyhorsk some 150 km south of Minsk, on August 17, 2020. The Belarusian strongman, who has ruled his ex-Soviet country with an iron grip since 1994, is under increasing pressure from the streets and abroad over his claim to have won re-election on August 9, with 80 percent of the vote. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Newlyweds and police officers during a women's rally in Independence Avenue in Minsk, Belarus on September 5, 2020. Since the announcement of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election results on August 9, mass protests against the election results have been erupting in major cities across Belarus. (Photo by Valery Sharifulin/TASS)