Belarus protesters detained amid strike

Authorities in Belarus have resumed detentions of protesters who keep taking to the streets to demand the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Several dozen people were detained in front of the Minsk Tractor Factory, where workers have been on strike since Monday, Sergei Dylevsky, leader of the factory’s strike committee, said.

The interior ministry said police detained only two protesters and pushed the remaining crowd aside.

Thenewdetentionscome after days of peaceful protests, with which police did not interfere.

Mr Lukashenko, who last week won his sixth term in office with 80% of votes in an election widely seen as rigged, criticised the opposition again and warned that it may be prosecuted for their actions.