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 tactic

The 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 Sapega, quickly repeating a memorised statement in a video released late on Tuesday that could lead to years in jail.