Police in Ukraine have opened a murder probe after a dissident was found hanging in a park. A missing Belarusian dissident was on Tuesday found hanged in a park in Ukraine, with police opening a murder probe and supporters accusing the regime of Alexander Lukashenko of killing the activist who helped his compatriots flee repression. Many Belarusians have fled, often to neighbouring Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania. The Belarusian House in Ukraine accused the Lukashenko regime of being behind the murder of Shishov. Shishov moved to pro-Western Ukraine in the autumn of 2020, after joining anti-government protests in Belarus, and helped establish the Belarusian House in Ukraine.

Source: News 24 August 03, 2021 14:03 UTC