Who Is Mikalai Statkevich — a Political Prisoner Who Refused to Leave Belarus

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Mikalai Statkevich, a veteran of the Belarusian opposition who was released along with more than 50 other political prisoners, refused to cross the border into Lithuania and leave Belarus. According to his ally, after it became clear that Statkevich could not be persuaded, masked men took him back. A Social Democrat who fought for a different path for Belarus throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Statkevich was convicted by Alexander Lukashenko's regi…

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Mikalai Statkevich, a prominent Belarusian opposition leader, has rejected an offer of exile and decided to remain in his homeland. However, his whereabouts and further fate are currently unknown.