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Belarus: Police unleash appalling violence on peaceful protesters
By Marie Struthers
Europe's last dictator: The rise and (possible) fall of Alyaksandr Lukashenka
By Anders Ă…slund
Belarus's election was a sham. The West's response has been feeble
Nobel Laureate Alexievich Says Lukashenka Has 'Declared War' On Belarusian People
By Yury Drakakhrust
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Formerly TwitterSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Tsihanouskaya
We are Europeans & we must return our country to Europe, where it historically belongs. We can't allow nine million Europeans to be forgotten or left to Putin. Our fight is not just for #Belarus but for the core principles that define Europe: democracy, freedom & human dignity. pic.twitter.com/dMasZIQOiX
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Tsihanouskaya
Confronting the #Belarus dictator has always carried great risks. On May 7, 1999, politician Yury Zakharanka, a resolute opponent of Lukashenka, was kidnapped & likely killed by the regime's thugs. We must put an end to three decades of such horrible crimes by this dictatorship! pic.twitter.com/wq2EyJ3Teu
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Hanna Liubakova
HannaLiubakova
#Belarus I recently spent a day with a young 30-year-old man, a former political prisoner.
He was beaten during the arrest. A police officer stepped on his face with a boot as if he was extinguishing a cigarette. pic.twitter.com/bZI0iWdtw0
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Pavel Latushka
PavelLatushka
"There has never been and will never be a threat from the territory of #Belarus. According to our Constitution, no aggression can be committed from the territory of Belarus," said #Lukashenko's Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik.
Aleinik seems to inhabit an alternate reality.… pic.twitter.com/8FHbXZjWuQ
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