Minsk — Protesters in Belarus rallied for a second night, continuing a campaign against President Alexander Lukashenko as fraud allegations and international criticism of police crackdowns against the opposition marred his claim of a landslide election victory.
“We do not recognise these results,” opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told reporters on Monday. “We will do everything possible to challenge” them, she said, while urging the authorities to accept talks to avoid deepening social tensions...
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