Cuddling the Opposition: A Campaign for Free Speech in Belarus Relies on Teddy Bears and Parachutes
The small former-Soviet republic Belarus is considered to be Europe’s last surviving dictatorship. Protestors and the political opposition are jailed. Journalists are harassed. But that doesn’t mean stories from that small, landlocked nation—or the dissidents trying to bring democracy and free speech there—get much airtime in the West.
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