Human rights activists describe the political repression taking place in Belarus as its worst since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s purges during the 1930s.
Protests in Belarus
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Belarus opposition figure Pavel Severinets flashes the V-sign from the defendant's cage at a courthouse in the town of Mogilev, some 200 km east of Minsk, on May 25, 2021, as he and six fellow co-defendants activists were sentenced to jail terms of four to seven years in a trial held behind closed doors, after being found guilty of taking part in "mass unrest", referring to the historic protests that erupted after a disputed presidential election last August.
