FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs the Security Council meeting in Minsk, Belarus August 19, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus launched a criminal case on Thursday against a new opposition body, accusing it of an illegal attempt to seize power, a day after President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to sweep the streets of protesters who reject his re-election.
Belarus is facing its biggest political crisis since the breakup of the Soviet Union, with tens of thousands of demonstrators rejecting Lukashenko's victory in an Aug. 9 vote his opponents say was rigged.
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