OPINION: New Zealand needs to speak out against allegations of mass torture and brutality in Belarus following the Eastern European country’s recent elections, a Belarusian national living in New Zealand says. Vadim Chausov says New Zealand needs to speak out against allegations of mass torture and brutality in Belarus following the Eastern European country’s elections. There are not too many Belarusians in New Zealand but Belarus just needs all the international support it can get. PROTEST ACCELERATINGThe main opposition candidate in Sunday’s election, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was forced to flee Belarus for neighbouring Lithuania after the vote. AL JAZEERA Comments by President Alexander Lukashenko come as thousands gather in Minsk to remember man killed during protests.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2020 04:53 UTC