Protesters In Europe Decry 'Sham' Lukashenko Vote

Demonstrators in Warsaw, Riga, Prague, and Vilnius decried the likely January 26 voting victory of Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The Washington-based Freedom House advocacy group said the expected start of Lukashenka's seventh term as president signifies the entrenchment of "an authoritarian state" and the European Parliament has called the vote a sham.