Police in Belarus beat demonstrators with batons and rounded up opposition leaders in a violent crackdown after an election on December 19 that returned incumbent President Alyaksandr Lukashenka for a fourth term with 80 percent of the vote.
Belarus: Scenes Of The Crackdown
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Members of the Election Commission count ballots late on December 19 in Minsk. The incumbent, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, won in the first round with almost 80 percent of the vote.
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An opposition supporter flashes a victory sign from a police bus near a detention center in Minsk.
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A woman cries outside a prison in Minsk where hundreds of antigovernment protesters are being held.