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In Belarus, large, peaceful demonstrations challenged the official results of the 9 August, 2020 presidential election. This popular movement was met with unprecedented violence by the security forces. A few days into the repression, a team of lawyers from the Russian human rights group Committee Against Torture, a member of the OMCT SOS-Torture Network, went to Minsk to investigate the abuses and litigate cases. During almost three months, they worked undercover to document shocking cases of brutality and even torture. Interview of the team leader, Dmitry Kazakov.
You worked in a foreign country, investigating violations that were (and are) still ongoing. What were the main challenges for your team?