Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko denied on Monday that his authoritarian government was using torture and violence to silence all dissent, a year after he sparked massive protests by claiming to have won a disputed election.
He also denied his country had any involvement in the death of an activist in Ukraine or in trying to forcibly bring home an athlete from the Tokyo Olympics.
“What repression?” Lukashenko said at his annual press conference, a marathon event that lasts for hours. “Have I shot anyone? Have I killed anyone?” After the death, Ukraine said it would step up security for Belarusian political exiles on its territory. Lukashenko — who claims to have won more than 80 percent of the 2020 vote — vowed to resist Western pressure and accused the Belarusian opposition of trying to stage a “coup” last year.
Tikhanovskaya has been rallying Western support and recently met US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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