Belarus: Crackdown Amid Growing Information Vacuum
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Activists gather in support of ‘Freedom to Political Prisoners of Belarus’ on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the Market Square in Krakow, Poland .
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(Vilnius, January 11, 2024) – Belarusian authorities carried out a widespread and systematic crackdown on dissent and on the spread of information about rights abuses during 2023, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024.
The Belarusian government targeted human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, opposition politicians, culture workers, trade unionists, activists, and other people perceived to disagree with the official agenda. In early November, at least 1,462 people were behind bars on politically motivated charges according to the …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
