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(Jewish Group) In Belarus, young Jews among those picked off street and jailed amid police crackdown
In Belarus, young Jews among those picked off street and jailed amid police crackdown on protestersSeeking an air conditioned place to escape the summer heat, Artur Raisky and a friend decided last Saturday to walk to a McDonald’s in downtown Minsk, the capital of their native Belarus.
But Raisky, 25, and his 22-year-old friend, Albert Kengerli, never reached the restaurant.
They were arrested at random on the street and locked up as part of the mass arrests being carried out by security forces in connection with protests against the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko, who is often called Europe’s last remaining dictator.
The protests were triggered by the Aug. 9 presidential elections, which are widely seen to be rigged. Lukashenko claimed to have won about 80% of the vote.
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