Belarus: Unprecedented Raids on Human Rights Defenders

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Belarusian riot police block the road to stop demonstrators during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on November 15, 2020. © 2021 AP Photo (Berlin) – Belarusian authorities carried out a day of massive, unprecedented raids and detentions against the Belarus human rights community on July 14, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. Police in at least 10 cities searched homes and offices of the \country’s major human rights organizations and their staff, seizing documents, computers, and other devices. The police…

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