Tsikhanouskaya joins protesters in Lithuania capital
The rally was called by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhaunovskay on the one year anniversary of her husband Syarhey Tsikhanousky's arrest in Belarus, days after he announced a presidential bid to challenge authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
Protesters gathered in Vilnius on Saturday in solidarity with demonstrators and political prisoners in Belarus.
The rally was called by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhaunovskay on the one year anniversary of her husband Syarhey Tsikhanousky's arrest in Belarus, days after he announced a presidential bid to challenge authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
Similar solidarity protests were held in cities including Warsaw, Moscow and Kyiv.
Official results of the presidential election gave Lukashenko 80% of the vote and won him a sixth term in office.
Protests alleging the election results were manipulated immediately broke out and Tsikhanouskaya fled to Lithuania.
The protests, some of them attracting as many as 200,000 people, have continued for months, a significant challenge to Lukashenko.
Published By : Associated Press Television News
Published On: 30 May 2021 at 12:47 IST