Kyiv: Belarusian security police are looking for a home lawyer and human rights activist on Wednesday in a new crackdown on the opponent of President Alexander Lukashenko, said two rights groups.
Authorities have moved to turn off critical and non-state media outlets and human right body after mass protests last August after the presidential election, the opposition was reduced.
The police searched the houses of the VISNA-96 rights organization activist, said the group, added that it could not contact its leader, Ales Byalyatski.
Imena Media and independent charity group, who did not consider himself an opposition outlet, also said that the police had searched for his office.
NASHA NIVA newspaper reported that the police tried to find the office of other rights groups, the Helsinki Belialus committee.
VIASNA-96, Nida Niva and IMENA did not give reasons for the search.
Belarus security officials are not available to comment.
VIASNA-96 is the largest rights body in the former Soviet state and is the main source of information about the detention and capture of politics.
On Tuesday night, 555 people have been recognized as political prisoners in Belarus, he said.
Authorities in Belarus said last week they had blocked the NASHA NIVA website.
They then said they had detained the editor and three journalists.