EU, US, UK and Canada also target Belarusian revenue sources in response to forcible diversion of international flight to Minsk to detain opposition activist on board

Riot police bundle hundreds of women into vans, as opposition marchers rally in Minsk calling to end President Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule

After strongman Alexander Lukashenko claims to win election with 80% of vote, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya calls for his resignation, release of political prisoners

State television airs footage of detained young demonstrators with bloodied and bruised faces being asked if they wanted a 'revolution'

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says she left for the sake of her children; staffer: She was forced out by authorities; dictator Lukashenko's Sunday 'victory' has led to violent clashes

Footage shows brutal police crackdown on protesters denouncing election rigging, with 1 death reported; 3,000 activists nabbed; challenger Tikhanovskaya demands leader yield power

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a 37-year-old English teacher, is standing in, after authorities barred her husband from running and then jailed him; vote widely expected to be rigged