A Year of Dismantling Civil Society in Belarus

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A woman wearing white stands in front of riot police during a Belarusian opposition rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, September 13, 2020. © 2020 TUT.by via AP One year ago, the center of Minsk was teaming with people protesting stolen presidential elections and asserting their voices matter. On that first evening, the mood was festive: women in bright summer dresses, some wearing heels, as if on their way to the theater. Students draped in white-red-and-white Belarusian nationalist flags singing, “Change, we want change!”…

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