MINSK, Belarus ? The parliament of Belarus has passed a series of measures tightening restrictions on opposition groups and expanding police powers.
The measures were passed in a closed session and published Thursday on a government website. They come as anger grows in the country of 10 million over an economic crisis in which the Belarusian ruble has lost one-third of its value since spring.
Under the new measures, political and civil-society groups are banned from receiving foreign assistance and from holding money in foreign banks. They give police the authority to forcefully disperse silent demonstrations ? a protest technique that has become popular in recent months.
The security police, which use the Soviet-era acronym KGB, are now authorized to forcefully break into residences and offices.
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