Belarus blocks over 50 news websites but protests continue

A woman holds up a poster during a protest in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday. The poster reads: “I don’t want my children to live in North Korea.” AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Musicians entertain people that gathered for a protest in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A woman kneels on the ground as people create a human chain during a protest in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

MINSK, Belarus — Authorities in Belarus blocked more than 50 news media websites that were covering weeks of protests demanding that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko resign but protesters still turned out again Saturday, some forming a chain of solidarity in the capital.