Belarus: Western Nations Condemn Election That Hands Lukashenko Seventh Term

(RFE/RL) -- A group of Western countries decried the outcome of a presidential vote over the weekend that handed Belarusian authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenko a seventh term in office, saying the election couldn't be considered free nor fair given the regime's current *clampdown *on civil society.

Hours after Belarus'...