VILNIUS In its fight against the coronavirus, Belarus isn t just hammered by poor vaccine supply and strapped health care resources. Its government is also purging health care workers who have spoken out against the authoritarian leadership of Alexander Lukashenko.
Some of these are citizens who took part in last year’s anti-government protests, while others have publicly criticized Minsk s handling of the pandemic. According to the Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation, a nonprofit, over 70 medical professionals have lost their jobs in recent months, and eight medical students have been expelled from university.
Meanwhile, more than 250 Belarusian doctors have been fined or held in detention centers, with some of them enduring beatings by the security services. Seven people have been sentenced to longer-term imprisonment or are waiting for a court ruling, according to the foundation.
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