Authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko has reportedly won another term but there are concerns that the election was not run fairly.
There were also demonstrations in the cities of Brest, Gomel, Grodno and Vitebsk and police fired tear gas at people in Brest, according to news reports.Alexander Lukashenko casts his vote in Belarus election, hoping for a sixth term
Among them were three journalists from an independent Russian TV station and an AP journalist was beaten by police and taken to hospital.Meanwhile, Ms Tsikhanouskaya said she did not believe the polls, saying:"I will believe with my own eyes. The majority was for us," As he voted, Mr Lukashenko had said:"Do you want to try to overthrow the government, break something, wound, offend, and expect me or someone to kneel in front of you and kiss them and the sand onto which you wandered? This will not happen."Mr Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 but many have become frustrated with his authoritarian rule, the struggling economy and his failure to recognise the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic.
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