MOSCOW—Factory workers chanted slogans, students took to the streets, and police made detentions on Monday as Belarusians answered an opposition call for a national strike to force President Alexander Lukashenko to quit, local media footage showed.
Lukashenko defied an ultimatum to surrender power by midnight, challenging his opponents to make good on a threat to paralyze the country with strikes, nearly three months after his disputed election victory unleashed mass protests.
