After years of political meddling, oppression, and uncivil society, the opposition faces an uphill battle in Belarus’ critical election yearby Lionel Beehner Yury Khashchevatsky’s award-winning documentary film, An Ordinary President, is banned in his native country, Belarus. KGB officers have confiscated bootlegged copies of the film–which presents an unflattering characterization of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka–fined and harassed producers associated with the […]
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