Protesters clash with police after Lukashenko re-election
Russia's RIA news agency cited the Belarusian Interior Ministry as saying on Monday (August 10) that police had detained around 3,000 people at Sunday's post-election protests.
The central election commission had earlier said that Lukashenko won 80% of the vote in Sunday's election, while Tikhanouskaya, a former English teacher who emerged from obscurity to become his main rival, took just 9.9%.
Foreign observers have not judged an election to be free and fair in Belarus since 1995, and the run-up to the vote saw authorities jail Lukashenko's rivals and open criminal investigations into others who voiced opposition.
