Blog: What US can’t accept in Belarus, it supports in Uzbekistan – CPJ

By Free Media Online · January 11, 2012 · Comments Off
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Last week, President Obama signed into law a bill that expands sanctions against Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to imprison his opponents and critics. Lukashenko unleashed the latest crackdown hours after the flawed December 2010 presidential vote, which declared him winner of a fourth term. Repression in Belarus is ongoing. Last week, authorities further tightened their grip on the media by restricting access to blacklisted websites. On Monday, a district court in Minsk jailed an independent reporter for filming a one-man protest vigil in front of the KGB headquarters.

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Blog: What US can’t accept in Belarus, it supports in Uzbekistan

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