UNIAN: Almost 80 people missing in Belarus after bloody crackdown on protests By UNIAN. Published Aug. 18, 2020. Updated Aug. 18 at 9:15 am Riot police detain a protester after polls closed in the presidential election, in Minsk on Aug. 9, 2020. Photo by AFP Some 76 people are listed as missing after a bloody crackdown on protests and mass arrests of protesters in Belarus. Read more here.