Belarus Can’t Mask Its Ongoing Political Repression
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A collage of photos portrays some of the hundreds of political prisoners currently detained in Belarus, displayed during a demonstration in Warsaw, Poland, May 18, 2024.
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Between July and September 2024, Aliaksandr Lukashenka signed four presidential decrees pardoning some of those convicted for “protest-related” and “extremism-related” crimes. As a result, authorities released 115 prisoners. Many of those who “repented” their crimes when seeking a pardon were forced to do so with threats and physical violence.Despite …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
