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Your cousin in Poland? You're fired: Belarus's new purge targets family ties

Warsaw West bus station. Warsaw, Poland. March 29, 2024. Photo: Belsat
Warsaw West bus station. Warsaw, Poland. March 29, 2024. Photo: Belsat

From several sources, Belsat correspondents have received information indicating the expansion of a new type of repression in Belarus – the firing of those whose close relatives live in countries considered "unfriendly" by official Minsk. The scale of the phenomenon is still difficult to assess, but the cases known to us affect a variety of regions and sectors.