Belarus city Minsk Block Belarus city Minsk

Western Envoys In Minsk Commemorate Victims Of Soviet Great Terror

The diplomats held their ceremony in Kurapaty, a wooded area on the outskirts of Minsk that was used as an execution site by the Soviet secret police. Western diplomats in Minsk have commemorated more than 130 Belarusian intellectuals, including 22 writers and poets, who were executed by the Soviet secret police 84 years ago. The October 29 ceremony comes amid an ongoing crackdown on the opposition, civil society, and independent media following last year’s disputed presidential election that gave authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka a sixth term.

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