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Belarus torture claims must be probed, perpetrators held accountable: UN
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Modi was shown around the mosque whose latest restoration was completed about three months ago.
Modi was shown around the mosque whose latest restoration was completed about three months ago.

The UN rights chief decried Monday hundreds of allegations of torture in the crackdown on protests in Belarus, calling for investigations into all reports of ill-treatment, and for perpetrators to be tried.

"Given their scale and number, all allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment by the security forces should be documented and investigated, with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice," Michelle Bachelet told the opening of the UN Human Rights Council's 45th session in Geneva.

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(Published 14 September 2020, 15:34 IST)