About 10,000 women have marched noisily through the Belarusian capital, beating pots and pans and shouting for the resignation of the country's authoritarian president. 9News
Some protesters have displayed bruises from a violent police crackdown in the days after the election, when over 7000 protesters were detained.Sunday demonstrations in the capital of Minsk have repeatedly brought out crowds of more than 100,000.
Protests have broken out in other major cities in Belarus and strikes have hit some of the country's major state-owned industries, previously a base of support for the embattled 66-year-old leader.Throughout the unrest, he has rejected any concessions, has repeatedly accused Belarus' western neighbours of preparing to overthrow his government.
In one show of aggressive defiance, he was seen striding with an automatic rifle across the grounds of his presidential residence.Mr Lukashenko is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in their first face-to-face contact since the unrest began. Mr Putin has said he stands ready to send Russian police into Belarus if the protests turn violent, stoking fears that Moscow could use the political dissent as an excuse to annex its neighbour.
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