Journalist Severin Kviatkovsky detained in Belarus

20 January 2022, 09:05 | Peace 
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Authorities detain writer, journalist, manager of cultural and media projects Severin Kviatkovsky in Belarus.

This is reported by the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty..

The journalist was detained near his house immediately after returning from abroad, and the reasons for the detention were not reported.

Kwiatkovsky previously worked for Radio Liberty from 2002-2008, and has been blogging since 2012. He is also a member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Union of Belarusian Writers, the PEN Center and the author of several books..

Earlier it was reported that in December the number of political prisoners in Belarus increased by 82 people, and now it is 970, the human rights center "

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Human rights activists also added that there is a process of bringing to justice the protesters who opposed the falsification of the election results by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, as well as dissidents and critics of the regime..

After another rigged election and the suppression of mass protests, Lukashenka began to rapidly drift towards the Kremlin.

With the formal preservation of the sovereignty of Belarus, its incorporation into Russia increases security risks for the Baltic-Black Sea region in general and Ukraine in particular. Read about the risks of the Union State of Russia and Belarus in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko " U.A..

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