Live Updates: US and Europe Urge Minsk to End 'Violence and Repression'

Mass opposition protests broke out across Belarus following the presidential election on 9 August, which saw President Alexander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term. While electoral authorities maintain that Lukashenko collected over 80 per cent of the vote, the opposition insists that his key contender, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, won the election.

The United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have issued a statement calling on Belarus to cease violence and threats of using military force against the Belarusian people.

Earlier, President Lukashenko's supporters gathered on Saturday for a car rally in the capital city of Minsk. The press secretary of the president, Natalya Eysmont, has taken part in the event.

The Belarusian Interior Ministry said on Friday that a total of 37 hotbeds of citizens' political activity with a participation of approximately 5,000 people were registered in the country on 27 August.

A wave of mass opposition protests has swept across Belarus in the wake of the 9 August presidential election that saw incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term. While electoral authorities maintain that Lukashenko collected over 80 percent of the vote, the opposition insists that his key contender, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, won the election.

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