Equipping a Dictator
Despite its own embargo intended to limit Belarus’s capacity to repress critics, the EU is supplying surveillance equipment to the country’s border officials — who are frequently accused of human rights violations.
From trade unionists to anarchists, Belarusian dissidents crossing their own country’s border are frequently harassed by border guards.
Human Constanta, a Belarusian human rights organization, has documented two cases in which Chechens claiming asylum — and fearing torture at home — were returned to Russia.