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Belarus: IRCT's Forensic Experts Find Compelling Evidence of Coordinated Torture

In the first published report of its kind, independent forensic experts from the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) have found “compelling evidence” of “a coordinated policy and practice of systematic torture and ill-treatment against Belarusian citizens” detained for protesting rigged presidential elections in Europe’s last dictatorship.

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