FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers detain participants of a protest after the Belarusian election commission refused to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as candidates for the upcoming presidential election in Minsk, Belarus July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed Western criticism on Wednesday after his two main challengers were barred from next month's presidential election and police detained over 250 protesters.
The European Union delegation to Belarus said excluding the two rivals "undermines the overall integrity and democratic nature of the elections", and Europe's election watchdog expressed concern about "key aspects of the electoral process".
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