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Olga Kovalkova is a member of the Transitional Council of the Belarusian opposition. She was arrested on the outskirts of Minsk on August 25 and charged with trying to organize a protest critical of the regime.
The outcome of the elections in Belarus on August 9, in which President Alexander Lukashenko declared himself the winner with 80 percent of the vote, has sparked widespread protests with accusations that the election was rigged.
The Opposition Council was formed the week after the elections. for the purpose of negotiating with the authorities. President Lukashenko, who has declared himself the winner of the elections, denies electoral fraud and accuses the council of trying to seize power.
On Friday, opposition leader Svyatlana Tsichanouskaja called on the UN Security Council to condemn the events in Belarus. In the speech, which was held in Lithuania, where he fled after the elections, Tsichanouskaja says he wants the UN to send special observers to Belarus. She asks the UN Human Rights Commission to hold a special meeting on events in the country.
