Belarus: Elections and the Atmosphere of Fear · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

Tobias Ljungvall writes about the beginning of the election campaign in Belarus, the backlash against the opposition, and the atmosphere of fear reported by Gunnel Arbin, a Swedish journalist who has recently traveled to Belarus. Among the scare techniques used by the regime is a new article in the criminal code, which makes “discrediting” Belarus in the foreign media a crime.