Belarus leader Lukashenko pardons 32 prisoners convicted for ‘extremism’

Aljazeera

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A report by the Viasna human rights center found at least 1,671 Belarusians were detained for their anti-war stance or for expressing solidarity with their southern neighbors in Ukraine.
Newsweek
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Belarusian police have launched sweeping anti-riot drills ahead of January’s election in which authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking a seventh term, a signal from the authorities that they won't tolerate any protests
The Independent
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Seventeen of them suffer from chronic diseases and nine were older than 50.
Aljazeera
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A court in Russia’s republic of Bashkortostan sentenced an activist involved in the 2020 Kushtau Hill protests to nine years in prison, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Tuesday.
The Moscow Times

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