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EU highlights suffering of Belarusian boy-prisoners
Minsk: Pro-democracy protests broke out after rigged elections last August (Photo: tut.by)
Brussels, Today, 07:10
At least seven of Belarus political prisoners were minors who needed special EU attention, 22 European ministers have said in a personal appeal.
Siarhei Hatskevich, Dzmitry Khars, Dzianis Khazei, Eduard Kudyniuk, David Zbaranski, Nikita Zolotarev, and Vital Prokharau were all just 16 or 17 years old when they were detained and sentenced to up to five years in juvenile detention.
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A man on trial was filmed slitting his own throat in horrific scenes that played out in court. In the video, filmed in a courtroom in Minsk, Belarus, the man
Man slits throat in court in horror scenes after claiming family at risk WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT Stepan Latypov, an opposition activist in Belarus, can be seen in the video rising from the dock, picking up a sharp object, and burying it in his throat
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