“Europe’s last dictatorship” doesn’t tolerate dissent. The country’s constitution claims to protect freedom of the press, but many laws seem to contradict this.
Preventing protest coverage: How Belarus controls what the public knows
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Kyra McNaughton
Kyra McNaughton
Kyra McNaughton is an intern at Index on Censorship and a third-year student at American University in Washington, DC, where she studies journalism and political science.
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