UN experts recognize the detention of Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich arbitrary and demand his release

ActualitésRSF and six civil society organizations welcome the opinion of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to recognise that Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich is a victim of arbitrary detention and urge the international community to exert pressure on Belarus to release Raman Pratasevich and drop the criminal case against him.In its adopted opinion, the WGAD resoundingly endorsed the arguments set forth by the undersigned organisations that Mr Pratasevich’s detention meets the definition of arbitrary de

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