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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yuras Karmanau

Belarus seeks to copy neighboring Russia’s repressive LGBTQ+ policies, activists say

Belarus LGBTQ Under Pressure - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

As police raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, the officers didn't hide that the crackdown was aligned to similar moves in neighboring Russia.

The students, Andrei and Sasha, said security forces demanded that they unlock their smartphones and surrender the names of “gays in Minsk and Moscow.”

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