Belarus election challenger Tikhanovskaya flees to Lithuania
The main challenger in Belarus's disputed presidential election has fled to Lithuania after a second night of street clashes between police and opposition supporters left a protester dead. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who refused to concede her defeat against President Alexander Lukashenko in Sunday's vote, had arrived in the neighbouring country and was safe, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told the AFP news agency on Tuesday. He did not provide any further […]