Belarus opposition candidate in Lithuania after second night of protests | The Guardian

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s low score in official election results has prompted two nights of unprecedented protest actionSvetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main opposition candidate in Sunday’s disputed elections in Belarus, has left the country as it reeled from a second night of unprecedented protest action.Tikhanovskaya is in Lithuania and is safe, Lithuania’s foreign minister Linas Linkevicius tweeted on Tuesday morning. Continue reading…

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s low score in official election results has prompted two nights of unprecedented protest action

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main opposition candidate in Sunday’s disputed elections in Belarus, has left the country as it reeled from a second night of unprecedented protest action.

Tikhanovskaya is in Lithuania and is safe, Lithuania’s foreign minister Linas Linkevicius tweeted on Tuesday morning.

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