Belarusian diaspora in Alberta targeted by Minsk after criticizing Lukashenko regime
Open this photo in gallery:Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko in Jakarta on July 2. A former neighbour in Belarus contacted her via Telegram to say an official seal had been placed across the door of an apartment she owned there. There was no explanation provided, nor option for appeal.
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko in Jakarta on July 2.
- ▪A former neighbour in Belarus contacted her via Telegram to say an official seal had been placed across the door of an apartment she owned there.
- ▪There was no explanation provided, nor option for appeal.
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Open this photo in gallery:Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko in Jakarta on July 2. He has openly bragged about his efforts to silence dissent, telling a news conference in January, 2025, that 'prison is for people who have opened their mouths too wide and who have broken the law.'YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountBelarusians living in Canada who criticize the authoritarian Lukashenko government that rules their homeland are facing retaliation from Minsk, according to a new report on transnational repression.The report, published by the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) of the Atlantic Council, a U.S.
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