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Former Sanders Aide Jailed in Belarus Is Being Tortured to 'Confess'
- bzb5 6y ago> The former aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders locked up in a Belarusian jail is being pressured to confess to crimes he didn’t commit, his wife says. A reliable source if I’ve ever heard of one.
- carabiner 6y ago> She said Vitali traveled to Belarus “simply” to visit his mother, who is suffering from advanced cancer. After observing an obligatory two-week self-quarantine, Vitali stepped out to buy his mother a watermelon, dressed in shorts and flip flops. He was grabbed off the street on July 29, and driven 300 kilometers to a detention center, Heather wrote.
- ebg13 6y ago> Belarusian authorities accuse Vitali of organizing an illegal campaign rally in the city of Grodno for jailed opposition leader Sergiy Tikhanovsky on May 29, a charge that could land Vitali in prison for three years. "[Sergiy Tikhanovsky] is considered by Amnesty International to be a prisoner of conscience. He is known primarily for his activism against the government of Belarus's long-serving president, Alexander Lukashenko. In May 2020, he announced his intention of running for the 2020 presidential election, but he was arrested two days afterwards." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Tikhanovsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Tikhanovsky Belarus sounds like a great place.