OSCE office closed down in Minsk

The authorities in Belarus have closed down the office of Europe's leading human rights body in Minsk.




It comes after the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe criticised the recent presidential election, which gave Alexander Lukashenko a fourth term in office.




Opening a home for the elderly in the village of Treskovshina near the Belarussian capital, Lukashenko told reporters he did not trust the West. He suggested the aim had been to delay the election.




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