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Belarus Holding At Least 22 Political Prisoners In Psychiatric Hospitals

Original: Belarus Holding At Least 22 Political Prisoners In Psychiatric Hospitals, Rights Groups Say

Rights groups say Belarusian authorities are confining at least 22 political prisoners in psychiatric hospitals, a Soviet-era practice used to silence dissent through forced psychiatric treatment. The report highlights growing concern over the treatment of opposition figures and activists jailed since the 2020 crackdown on protests. Human rights organizations are calling for the prisoners' release and international attention to their conditions.

Why now: New documentation from rights groups of forced psychiatric confinement of political prisoners has drawn renewed attention to repression in Belarus.

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Belarus Holding At Least 22 Political Prisoners In Psychiatric Hospitals, Rights Groups Say · Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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