21.   Critics at home and abroad have repeatedly accused his regime of human rights abuses.

22.   Lukashenko, re-elected in a presidential poll last September, has been isolated by the West which has accused his regime of human rights violations.

23.   Lukashenko, re-elected in a presidential poll last September, has been isolated by the west, which has accused his regime of human rights violations.

24.   Last summer Fawehinmi accused the regime of wanting to eliminate him following an attack on his office.

25.   The election was riddled with irregularities, however, and the regime was accused of exerting pressure to ensure a favourable result.