In July, a husband and wife in Belarus, Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva, a teacher, and Siarhei Krupenich, a tech worker, exchanged messages with each other over the Telegram app, sharing reposts from some of the 100 or so channels the Belarus dictatorship has labeled “extremist.” They were arrested. At a police station, officers opened Ms. Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva’s phone, found the messages, and the couple have been jailed ever since. This is the worsening totalitarian hellscape of Belarus.
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Belarus law enforcement officers patrol the street at a planned rally after protesters were prevented from doing so by police, who cordoned off several streets, a main square and park in Minsk, on March 27, 2021.
