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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
9
Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Report / publication page (freedom house)
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Summary
This document is page 13 of a Freedom House report (stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019247) analyzing modern authoritarian tactics. It discusses methods such as marginalizing opposition, criminalizing protest, and discarding term limits. The text provides specific case studies on political repression in Belarus under Lukashenka and in Ethiopia under the EPRDF, detailing election fraud, arrests of opposition figures, and the geopolitical responses from the US and EU. There is no direct mention of Jeffrey Epstein on this specific page, though the Bates stamp indicates it was part of a document production to the House Oversight Committee.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Lukashenka | Leader of Belarus |
Accused of directing assassination squads; in power since 1994; arrested protesters and opposition candidates.
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| Birtukan Mideksa | Leader of the Unity and Justice Party (Ethiopia) |
Charismatic opposition figure who remained in prison during the election.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Freedom House |
Publisher of the report.
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| Semayawi Party |
Ethiopian opposition party; reported members arrested.
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| EPRDF |
Ruling party in Ethiopia (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front); took all 547 seats.
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| Unity and Justice Party |
Ethiopian opposition party led by Birtukan Mideksa.
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| European Union |
Criticized Belarus as 'Europe's last dictatorship'.
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| United States |
Criticized Belarus; grants foreign assistance to Ethiopia.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied recipient of document via Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (4 events)
2010
Presidential election in Belarus; authorities arrested over 700 protesters.
Belarus
2015
Electoral campaign in Ethiopia; opposition members beaten and arrested.
Ethiopia
2016
Parliamentary election in Belarus where two opposition members won seats.
Belarus
Lukashenka
Opposition members
Locations (9)
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Country where term limits were removed/altered.
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Country where term limits were removed/altered.
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Country where term limits were removed/altered.
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Country where term limits were removed/altered.
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Country where term limits were removed; specific case study on elections and repression.
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Country where term limits were removed/altered.
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Specific case study on election repression and opposition arrests.
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Mentioned regarding foreign policy.
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Mentioned in context of Belarus being 'Europe's last dictatorship'.
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Relationships (2)
Criticized as dictator but given chances to improve relations.
Identified as 'the leader of the Unity and Justice Party'.
Key Quotes (3)
"The message is pounded home day after day, until the image of the opposition as small and unfit to rule is fixed in the public’s mind."Source
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"The European Union and the United States have criticized Belarus as 'Europe’s last dictatorship,' but they always seem willing to give Lukashenka another chance..."Source
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Quote #2
"Democratic powers have treated Ethiopia as a counterterrorism ally and a model of rapid economic development, granting it billions of dollars in foreign assistance."Source
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Quote #3
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