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'Hundreds more of the nearly 7,000 people detained have – upon their release – given accounts of systemic threats, beatings, and horrific torture by the police and security forces, showing photos of their bruised bodies as evidence of their ordeals' (Photo: Daria Buryakina for tut.by)

Belarus: How EU states can help protesters get justice

For weeks, hundreds of thousands of democracy demonstrators from all walks of life have taken to the streets in cities across Belarus.

Their messages and demands are straightforward: release jailed dissenters, provide justice for the serious security force abuses – including torture, enforced disappearances, and killings – and have their votes counted in truly free and fair elections.

The European Union, its member states, and others, including the United Kingdom and Canada, have...

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Lotte Leicht is the EU director of Human Rights Watch.

'Hundreds more of the nearly 7,000 people detained have – upon their release – given accounts of systemic threats, beatings, and horrific torture by the police and security forces, showing photos of their bruised bodies as evidence of their ordeals' (Photo: Daria Buryakina for tut.by)

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Lotte Leicht is the EU director of Human Rights Watch.

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