![Jean-Francois Badias FILE - Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya displays a flag symbolizing the Belarus opposition as she delivers her speech at the European Parliament, on Sept. 13, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Authorities in Belarus have announced raids and the seizure of property of 104 opposition activists who have fled the country. The action announced on Thursday, May 16, 2024 was the latest step in the crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a505e01225e4420bba41e13c50987bf1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya displays a flag symbolizing the Belarus opposition as she delivers her speech at the European Parliament, on Sept. 13, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Authorities in Belarus have announced raids and the seizure of property of 104 opposition activists who have fled the country. The action announced on Thursday, May 16, 2024 was the latest step in the crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
![Uncredited FILE - Belarusian riot police block demonstrators gather to honor 31-year-old Raman Bandarenka, who died at a Minsk hospital after several hours of surgery due to serious injuries, during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, on Nov. 15, 2020. Authorities in Belarus have announced raids and the seizure of property of 104 opposition activists who have fled the country. The action announced on Thursday, May 16, 2024 was the latest step in the crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. (AP Photo, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bf402fb34a8d4f308b13644827797f4b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Belarusian riot police block demonstrators gather to honor 31-year-old Raman Bandarenka, who died at a Minsk hospital after several hours of surgery due to serious injuries, during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, on Nov. 15, 2020. Authorities in Belarus have announced raids and the seizure of property of 104 opposition activists who have fled the country. The action announced on Thursday, May 16, 2024 was the latest step in the crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. (AP Photo, File)
![Uncredited FILE - In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to military personnel during his visit to Oshmyany District, Grodno region of Belarus on March 26, 2024. Authorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of property belonging to 104 opposition activists who have fled the country, the latest step in a crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, unleashed the crackdown in August 2020, when mass protests erupted against his rule following his disputed reelection that the opposition and the West have denounced as rigged. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/73df1d62c4fc444598d6db4079c5e81b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to military personnel during his visit to Oshmyany District, Grodno region of Belarus on March 26, 2024. Authorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of property belonging to 104 opposition activists who have fled the country, the latest step in a crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, unleashed the crackdown in August 2020, when mass protests erupted against his rule following his disputed reelection that the opposition and the West have denounced as rigged. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP, File)