FILE PHOTO: People gather outside the Janka Kupala National Academic Theatre to support its General Director Pavel Latushko, who joined opposition protests against presidential election results and then was suspended from work, in Minsk, Belarus August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo
MINSK (Reuters) - For theatre director Pavel Latushko, the sight of detainees emerging from prison with bruises and complaining of punishment beatings convinced him to join mass protests against the Belarus government he once represented.
Soon after he was sacked for his defiance, his troupe of actors handed in their resignations in solidarity.
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