Pre-Election Crackdown on Opposition Activists
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From Times Wire Reports
Authorities arrested nearly two dozen opposition activists and confiscated the entire print run of the country’s largest independent newspaper as Belarusians cast early ballots for Sunday’s presidential election.
The opposition fears the vote will be rigged in favor of incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled with an iron fist since 1994. A least 300 opposition activists have been jailed during the campaign.
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