Belarus opposition leader threatens nationwide strike

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is in exile in Lithuania (AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)

The top opposition challenger in the Belarusian presidential election has threatened to call a nationwide strike.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has threatened to call for a national strike unless Belarus’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko announces his resignation, releases political prisoners and stops his government’s violent crackdown on protesters.