Police and protesters clash after Belarus presidential vote
Monday, 10 August 2020 () Belarus police and protesters have clashed after a presidential election in which the country’s longtime leader sought a sixth term despite rising discontent with his authoritarian rule. Tensions have been rising for weeks ahead of Sunday’s vote in the ex-Soviet nation, which pitted president Alexander Lukashenko, who has held an iron grip on Belarus since 1994, against four others. The campaign has generated the country’s biggest opposition protests in years. Opposition supporters say they suspect election officials will manipulate the results of the vote to give the 65-year-old Mr Lukashenko a sixth term. Officials had already denied two prominent opposition challengers places on the...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's head of campaign was detained yesterday. The 37-year-old woman is trying to challenge Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule in today's vote.
Monday, 10 August 2020 ()
Belarus police and protesters have clashed after a presidential election in which the country’s longtime leader sought a sixth term despite rising discontent with his authoritarian rule. Tensions have been rising for weeks ahead of Sunday’s vote in the ex-Soviet nation, which pitted president Alexander Lukashenko, who has held an iron grip on Belarus since 1994, against four others. The campaign has generated the country’s biggest opposition protests in years. Opposition supporters say they suspect election officials will manipulate the results of the vote to give the 65-year-old Mr Lukashenko a sixth term. Officials had already denied two prominent opposition challengers places on the...