Key factories across the country announce work stoppages until Lukashenko resigns — in several cases rejecting entreaties to return to work from plant directors loyal to government
Thousands took to streets for third straight night to protest highly controversial election despite allegations of vote rigging and violence by state security forces
Belarus says longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko has been overwhelmingly reelected in a race that was supposed to have been the leader’s most serious electoral challenge since coming to power in the mid-1990’s. But with the opposition rejecting the results amid charges of vote rigging, protests and clashes with state security forces have erupted. From Moscow, Charles Maynes reports. Camera: Ricardo Marquina Produced by: Rob Raffael
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