Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the United Nations on Friday to condemn the violent crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko on protesters who charge he rigged his reelection victory last month.
WASHINGTON: Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the United Nations on Friday to condemn the violent crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko on protesters who charge he rigged his re-election victory last month.
Speaking to a virtual informal session of the U.N. Security Council, Tsikhanouskaya also urged the United Nations to send an international monitoring mission to Belarus and said the U.N. Human Rights Commission should hold a special session on the human rights situation there.
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