Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has refused to apologize for the widespread human rights violations in the country since his disputed re-election last year in an exclusive interview with CNN.
Protests in Belarus
CNN: Lukashenko derides reports of abuse as ‘fake and fantasy’
Members of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine, covered with former national red and white flags of Belarus, march during a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 8, 2021. The rally marks the first anniversary of anti-Lukashenko protests which began after suspected vote-rigging in the 2020 Belarus presidential election.
