From his cage in a Minsk courtroom, Belarusian activist Stsyapan Latypau said that he had been ordered to confess to charges he organized anti-government protests or face time in a prison "pressure chamber."
A Belarus activist has cut his own throat during a court hearing after being warned that if he didn't plead guilty to participating in mass protest, his family and neighbors would face prosecution.
A 41-year-old Belarusian man tried to cut his own throat during a court hearing in Minsk on June 1 after being told his family and neighbors faced prosecution if he did not plead guilty. Stsyapan Latypau was detained last year in a violent crackdown on dissent in Belarus after mass protests broke out over the disputed results of the presidential election.