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"Mr. Lukashenko, who has been in power for 18 years, is banned from traveling to the United States and western Europe. He has been accused of torture and human rights abuses- he has thrown his opponents in prison, banned protests and restricted freedom of expression... There is no presidential term limit here [Belarus] and the 1996 referendum consolidated Mr. Lukashenko's power. Not a single election in Belarus has been deemed as free or fair by the West. Not a single opposition candidate won a seat in the recent, parliamentary vote. Protests have been violently suppressed."

-BBC News, October 22, 2012

What type of government does Belarus have?

(1 point)
Responses

democracy
democracy

dictatorship

dictatorship