Belarus opposition leader seeks new US sanctions on Lukashenko government

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (AP)

The main leader of Belarus’ embattled opposition has sought and apparently won US support for increasing pressure on her country’s authoritarian leader.

In meetings with senior US officials, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she had asked the Biden administration for “active and non-symbolic” measures to be taken in response to a massive crackdown on Belarus dissidents by president Alexander Lukashenko’s government.