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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
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Despite credible reports of torture, arbitrary detention, gender-based violence & more, regime officials were not punished for human rights abuses & operated with impunity under authoritarian leader Lukashenka. Read the 2023 Human Rights Report on Belarus: by.usembassy.gov/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices-belarus/
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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I want to thank @LRSeimas for the important decision not to impose additional restrictions on the movement of Belarusians. It’s a vital message that you separate the European people of #Belarus & the criminal pro-Russian Minsk regime. We should isolate Lukashenka, not the people. pic.twitter.com/LKAM382DCk
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Now we heard from the dictator Lukashenka that life has never been better in #Belarus. Meanwhile, in the real world, we continue to fight for the basic freedoms that he has denied our people for three decades. Belarusians see the difference between reality & the dictator's lies. pic.twitter.com/NT1J0cFxco
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Lukashenka threatens relatives of his opponents
During the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, he said: "I warn those who are going to attack Belarus: you're doing a lot of harm to your relatives. You have property in Belarus - I advise you to forget about this property, but do… pic.twitter.com/dXz93S1V2s
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