(By RFE/RL's Belarus Service; Photo: Radio Free Europe.) Belarusian singer Patrytsia Svitsina, who in 2020 refused to accept a scholarship from authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, citing her "moral principles," is facing a charge of "actively participating in actions that blatantly disrupt social order." The Minsk-based Vyasna human rights center said on June 16 that Svitsina was placed in a det…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:56PM on June 16, 2023