Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after being incommunicado for over 700 days

Viktar Babaryka, a Belarusian opposition activist, reappeared in a video after 700 days of no contact, showing him in a prison uniform as a political prisoner facing harsh conditions under President Lukashenko’s regime. The release of the video ahead of the upcoming election is seen as an attempt to avoid accusations of forced disappearance of opposition activists, highlighting the ongoing brutal crackdown on dissent in Belarus, with over 1,200 political prisoners and reports of deaths in custody.

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