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Belarus: Youth Activists Attacked

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 @ 10:13 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Belarus, Russia
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Human Rights, Protest, Youth, Politics

TOL's Belarus Blog writes about what seems like the beginning of a wave of attacks on youth activists.

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