Opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who ripped up her passport to avoid being forcibly deported from Belarus, has accused authorities of threatening to kill her
An activist who ripped up her passport to avoid being forcibly deported from Belarus has accused authorities of threatening to kill her.in Minsk and driven more than 200 miles to the Ukranian border.
The opposition leader was detained at the border after she destroyed her passport in a no-man's land between Ukraine andMs Kolesnikova said in a formal complaint released by her lawyer that agents of Belarus' state security committee put a bag on her head before she fought her removal from Belarus and was jailed."They threatened to kill me," Ms Kolesnikova said.
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