Belarus: Lukashenko signs law giving him immunity from criminal prosecution

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has signed a new law giving him lifelong immunity from criminal prosecution.

The measure also prevents opposition figures living abroad from running in future presidential elections. Only citizens of Belarus who have lived in the country for 20 years will be permitted to stand. That rules out all opposition figures who fled the country following a crackdown against protesters after the contested 2020 elections. Lukashenko has been in office for almost three decades.

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0:00 Background on Belarus
0:31 Hanna Liubakova, Journalist

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