Thousands of people have protested in Belarus for a second straight night after official results from weekend elections gave an overwhelming victory to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, extending his 26-year rule until 2025.
Mr Lukashenko responded with a crackdown on demonstrations, deriding the opposition as “sheep” manipulated by foreign masters.
Dozens were injured and thousands detained hours after Sunday’s vote, when police broke up mostly young protesters with tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades and beat them with truncheons.
Rights activists said one person died after being run over by a police truck, which the authorities denied. Election officials said Mr Lukashenko won a sixth term in office with 80% of the
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