Belarus regime uses video confessions as a tool to silence dissent

Analysis: Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega are just the latest to be forced into the widespread tacticThe videos are formulaic: Raman Pratasevich and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega, each sit alone in front of a camera in a police station and deliver their “confessions” as though a loaded gun is pointed at their heads.“I’m also the editor of the Telegram channel Black Book of Belarus that publishes personal information about employees of the interior ministry,” said