Ten opponents of the regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Loukachenko have filed a complaint in Germany for alleged acts of "
torture
", announced Wednesday the German federal prosecutor who registered the complaint.
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The plaintiffs are targeting the severe police repression unleashed in the summer of 2020 by the Belarusian regime after the disputed re-election of Alexander Lukashenko and which, according to them, amounts to acts of "
state torture
", a crime potentially liable to prosecution by the part of German justice within the framework of its universal jurisdiction.
