Protest leader in Belarus charged with national security

Three women have led a massive opposition movement, but it is the only one that was not expelled, Klan Kosova reports.

Kolesnikova was reportedly robbed of passports when authorities tried to expel him from the country.

For the last five Sundays, at least 100,000 people have protested what is widely seen as manipulated elections, the BBC writes.

President Alexander Lukashenko claims a landslide majority victory in the 9 August elections, but a brutal blow of initial protests against the result only sparked the anger of the people.

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who stood against Lucasenko as an opposition candidate, said she won the elections. She was forced to flee to Lithuania shortly later.