With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever
- Written by: Anastasiya Byesyedina, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations, Sessional Teacher and Student Writing Fellow, University of Sydney
Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has gone to extraordinary measures to cling to power in the face of the stiffest opposition to his rule in 26 years. Last weekend, this included the state-sanctioned hijacking of a passenger plane.
After Ryanair flight 4978 en route from Athens to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius was...
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