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Belarus Detains More than 50 at Architectural Firm in Escalating Crackdown
Viasna said the raid was the country’s largest this year and marked a new escalation in repression under President Alexander Lukashenko.
- On Thursday, Belarusian authorities detained 52 people at the Minsk offices of ZROBIM Architects, including founder Andrei Makouski, marking the country's largest single raid this year, according to the Viasna human rights center.
- Authorities had demanded the private firm hire a full-time 'ideologist' to monitor its staff, and detainees faced suspicion of disloyalty, according to Viasna's account of events preceding the raid.
- Lawyer Pavel Sapelka of Viasna told The Associated Press that authorities now arrest individuals and hack their devices before filing charges, while increasingly using 'extremism' designations to criminalize dissent with penalties of up to 10 years.
- President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the 9.5 million-person nation with an iron fist for more than three decades, and Viasna reports 913 political prisoners currently remain behind bars.
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Belarus detains more than 50 at architectural firm in escalating crackdown
Belarusian authorities detained 52 employees of the architectural firm ZROBIM Architects in Minsk on Thursday, including its founder, in the country’s largest single raid this year, the Viasna human rights center said.
·United States
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ZROBIM architects in Minsk on 9 April have been searched by Silovikis, reporting to the Mirror.
·Riga, Latvia
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Some 50 employees, including the founder of the company, have been detained.
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Nettavisen52 ansatte i et arkitektkontor i Belarus ble pågrepet torsdag etter at myndighetene krevde at selskapet ansatte and «ideolog».
·Oslo, Norway
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All employees who were on site were detained.
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Left
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