many believe that lukashenko wants to recreate stalin style grip on the country, so nobody dares to contest the next election. many belarussians came here to lithuania in an attempt to flee the repressions. there are currently around 19,000 of them living here. in retaliation, the belarussian regime has decided to target their relatives who stayed behind. and many fear that this isjust the beginning. anatoly was detained more times than he can remember, but he says that families of activists were not being targeted before. translation: this is the first time. it was always a war, but there were some rules. there were some lines they wouldn t cross. now we have gotten to the point where, before shooting their enemies, they put our children in front of us. in a country that claims to have no political prisoners, there are currently almost 1,500 people in prison for political reasons. one of them is ex presidential hopeful viktar babaryka. his son eduard was his campaign manager
well, i can certainly go there, i can, but i won t get very far. this testament to belarussian fight for freedom and democracy has appeared almost opposite the belarusian embassy here in vilnius as a reminder that belarussians won t be silenced. translation: my actions destroyed the stalinist system, and this is what will free everyone, including my son. i will keep on going. it s worth it. the bbc approached the belurusian ministry of internal affairs for a comment, but we haven t received a reply. some late breaking news, and the last few minutes the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, has said he is quitting as leader, days after it review found a culture of bullying and misogyny