Belarus protests: more than 6,000 arrested, says interior ministry

Opposition leaders jailed or driven out of country amid crackdown on protests over election results

Authorities in Belarus say they have arrested more than 6,000 people during three nights of violently suppressed demonstrations against vote-rigging in Sunday's disputed presidential election, as more footage and accounts emerged of police beating and violently detaining protesters.

Opposition leaders have been jailed and driven out of the country in a massive crackdown following the election, which the election commission said was won in a landslide by President Alexander Lukashenko.