Belarus president denies repression, accuses US of 'lawlessness'
CNN
Lukashenko denied that state repression exists in Belarus on Monday, while answering questions from Belarusian and foreign media.
"Using repressions in Belarus would be akin to shooting oneself," Lukashenko said, as he faced questions about the violent crackdown on protesters following last year's disputed presidential election. In response to a question on repression and the imprisonment of political opponents, Lukashenko accused the US of "lawlessness," citing the January 6 insurrection and invoking false claims about the US presidential election result.The US began pulling military equipment and additional personnel out of Niger on Friday after waiting months for the ruling military junta to approve US military flights into the country, two sources familiar with the matter said Saturday, ahead of a September 15 withdrawal deadline agreed to by the two countries.
The judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York on Friday informed the former president’s defense team and prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office that a comment was posted on the New York State Unified Court Systems’ public Facebook page last week by a poster who claimed to be a cousin of a juror, saying that Trump would be convicted.