Belarus and the Bialiatski trial: How a dictatorship manipulates the legal system against dissent

Names noted in literature are presented as written, but efforts have been made elsewhere to indicate the correct Belarusian spelling or transliteration, as Russian versions are often used. Introduction Internationally-recognised indices of democracy and freedom give a pessimistic picture of the freedom of the Eastern European state of Belarus. Freedom House rates Belarus as convincingly… More Belarus and the Bialiatski trial: How a dictatorship manipulates the legal system against dissent