Belarusian detainee, arrested during the flash mob ‘Revolution through social network,’ gestures from a prison cell at a detention center in Minsk, Belarus, on July 7. Sergei Grits/AP As the Belarusian government crackdown becomes increasingly aggressive, Internet-savvy protesters…
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Life sentences for Bahrain dissidents
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