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Belarusian Security Forces Search Homes Of Journalists, Rights Defenders, 16 February 2021
Belarusian security forces searched the homes of more than two dozen journalists and rights activists across the country, in what one opposition leader said was a targeted campaign to intimidate independent voices.
At least 25 residences in Minsk and other towns and cities were targeted by police and security-service officers on February 16.
The offices of the Vyasna (Spring) human rights center in Minsk and the the headquarters of the Association of Belarusian Journalists also reported being searched.