Germany's Börsenverein to Belarus: 'Cease Persecution of Critical Voices'
The German association of publishers and booksellers cites a ‘wave of threats against publishers, booksellers, translators, and writers’ in Belarus, in a sharply worded new statement. Alexander Lukashenko was pictured in this shot from the May 9, 2020, parade honoring the 75th anniversary of the end of the ‘Great Patriotic War’–the term used in Russia and some former Soviet satellites for the World War II conflict between the Soviet Union and Germany. The 2020 parade in Minsk was held three months before the now-disputed reelection of Lukashenko. Image – iStockphoto: Ruslan Kaln A...
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