Name: 25 September: "That's our children!" - Belarus: The Revolution Chronicles
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T17:03:23.000+02:00
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Description: The mother of an arrested activist tells ARTE's Minsk correspondent of how her grandson was taken by his teachers to an orphanage because of his mother's pro-democracy protests. His family had no idea where he was.

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The mother of an arrested activist tells ARTE's Minsk correspondent of how her grandson was taken by his teachers to an orphanage because of his mother's pro-democracy protests. His family had no idea where he was.

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An arrested pro-democracy protester had her child sent to an orphanage by authorities, her family claims

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