For weeks, hundreds of thousands of democracy demonstrators from all walks of life have taken to the streets in cities across Belarus.
Their messages and demands are straightforward: release jailed dissenters, provide justice for the serious security force abuses – including torture, enforced disappearances, and killings – and have their votes counted in truly free and fair elections.
The European Union, its member states, and others, including the United Kingdom and Canada, have...
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Lotte Leicht is the EU director of Human Rights Watch.