A woman reacts as she is released from a detention centre, following recent protests against the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told people to stay at home to avoid becoming "cannon fodder" for what he said were foreign-backed revolutionaries after huge crowds took to the streets for a sixth consecutive day to demand he step down.
Lukashenko, whose claimed landslide re-election victory last Sunday has been branded a fraud by protesters, has failed to quell days of street demonstrations against him despite security forces tough response against demonstrators.
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