During mass protests in the days following Belarus' contested election, Aleksei V. says he was bundled into a police van, beaten and crammed into a cramped cell with dozens of others. As pressure grows on strongman Alexander Lukashenko at home and abroad, personal accounts are emerging of the regime's crackdown on the biggest show of discontent in the country's modern history. Aleksei and another man with whom NBC News spoke allege that they were subjected to police brutality after being detained. Not every aspect of their stories could be verified, but they both described similar treatment to that reported by international human rights organizations. | 
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