Belarus Election Protests

Police walk in Oktyabrskaya Square, in central Minsk, Belarus, near flowers placed on a lamppost, Friday, March 24, 2006, to commemorate a protest camp that was broken-up before dawn by police who arrested hundreds of people. Demonstrators at the camp had maintained a round-the-clock vigil as part of protests against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in a disputed vote.

Belarusian police officers detain protesters as they storm the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, March 24, 2006, arresting scores of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night in a central square to protest President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.

Belarusian police officers detain protesters as they storm the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital of Minsk early Friday morning, March 24, 2006, detaining scores of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night in a central square to protest President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.

Belarusian police officers detain protesters as they storm the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, March 24, 2006, arresting scores of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night in a central square to protest President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.

A young supporter of opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich runs with a banned Belarusian flag at the ruinous opposition tent camp after police stormed it in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, March 24, 2006, arresting scores of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night in a central square to protest President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.

Workers clean the opposition tent camp in a square in the Belarusian capital of Minsk after police stormed and cleared it early Friday morning, March 24, 2006, arresting scores of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night in a central square to protest President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.

Opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich stands near a detention center in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, March 24, 2006. Milinkevich and dozens of other Belarusians came to enquire about 200 opposition activists who were detained after their tent camp was stormed by riot police.

Belarusian police officers storm the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, March 24, 2006, arresting scores of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night in a central square to protest President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.

The square that was home to the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital of Minsk is seen after police stormed it, March 24, 2006.

Belarus opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich speaks during an interview with the Associated Press outside the detention unit in Minsk, Belarus, March 24, 2006.

A woman comforts a protester who was beaten by police during a rally on the main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 23, 2006.

Youth supporters of Belarus' opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich prepare food during a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 23, 2006. The Soviet-style palace of trade unions is in the background. Rallies were staged every evening since elections Sunday and swelled the ranks of a core of several hundred protesters who maintained a round-the-clock vigil at a tent camp.

Supporters of Belarus' opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich, with banned Belarusian flags, take part in a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 23, 2006. Residents of the tiny tent camp are feeling the authorities' pressure in other ways. Lights on the usually festive square were turned off, prompting protesters to light their tent city with candles.

Young supporters of Belarus' opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich sit while taking part in a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 23, 2006, with the Soviet style palace of trade unions in the background.

Supporters of Belarus' opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich take part in a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 22, 2006.

Supporters of Belarus' opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich, with banned Belarusian flags, take part in a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 22, 2006.

A boy waves a banned Belarusian flag during a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 21, 2006 with an image of the flag of the European Union seen at right.

A Belarus woman, a supporter of opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich, hands a red carnation to police officers at a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, March 21, 2006.

Belarus' opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich, left, gestures as he greets supporters during a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 21, 2006.

Supporters of Belarus' opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich, with banned Belarusian flags, are seen through an EU flag during a rally on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, March 21, 2006.