Belarus Oppositionists Cry Foul After ‘Embassies’ Suspended on Twitter

Belarus Oppositionists Cry Foul After ‘Embassies’ Suspended on Twitter
Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya holds a picture of her husband Syarhei Tsikhanouski during a "Belarus support day" protest in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 29, 2021. Janis Laizans/Reuters
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BERLIN—Twitter has suspended the accounts of a group of exile opposition groups that call themselves the “Belarusian People’s Embassies” after they were accused of identity theft by Belarusian authorities.

The people’s embassy movement sprang up after last year’s presidential election, in which long-serving strongman Alexander Lukashenko claimed a resounding victory despite a widespread belief that the vote was fraudulent.