BRUSSELS—European Union leaders put on a show of support on Wednesday for people protesting in Belarus. At an emergency teleconference they underlined their concern about the contested presidential election and ratcheted up pressure on officials linked to the security crackdown that followed.
The EU believes that the results of the Aug. 9 polls, which handed President Alexander Lukashenko his sixth term with 80 percent of the vote, “have been falsified,” and the 27-nation bloc is preparing a list of Belarus officials who could be blacklisted from Europe over their roles.
