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UN Rights Chief Condemns Deteriorating Human Rights in Belarus

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
   condemned gross violations of human rights in Belarus on Friday,
   calling on the government to put an end to the abusive treatment of its
   people.

   Bachelet told the U.N. Human Rights Council that conditions in Belarus
   have deteriorated since the council held an urgent debate on the human
   rights situation in September, following Belarus' widely criticized
   presidential elections August 9.

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