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Belarus opposition candidate flees to Lithuania amid crackdown on election protests
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Aug 11, 2020 06:59pm |
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| Author | Mary Ilyushina and Tara John |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 11, 2020 05:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Moscow (CNN)The main opposition candidate in Sunday's disputed presidential election in Belarus has left the country after security forces mounted a sweeping crackdown on protests over the result.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who stood in for her husband as an opposition candidate after he was jailed in the run-up to the vote, was forced out of the country and is now in neighboring Lithuania with her children, her campaign said Tuesday.
Tikhanovskaya fled after publicly rejecting preliminary election results that handed the longtime Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko a landslide victory. But many details around her departure are still unclear.
Protests erupted after official exit polls were released late Sunday, granting a sixth term to Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years and earned the nickname "Europe's last dictator." Thousands were arrested and the demonstrations resumed on Monday night. |
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