Exiled Belarusian opposition leader calls election a 'farce'
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya called Sunday's presidential election in Belarus a "farce" to keep current ruler Alexander Lukashenko in power.
"What is happening in Belarus today is a farce," she told reporters in Warsaw, branding Lukashenko, "a criminal who has seized power" and calling for the release of all political prisoners and free and fair elections.
AFP
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