March 17, 2000
A Country 'Nostalgic for Communism': Belarus Stifles Academic Freedom
Using old-fashioned Soviet techniques, the government quashes dissent at its universities
The three students did not notice as men in plain clothes surrounded them in the Victory Square subway station. On the streets above, police officers in riot gear were clashing with some of the 20,000 Belarussians protesting in the twilight against their government.
The three young men were corralled and strong-armed into a car, their hands bound behind their backs with plastic
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