Imagine a painting of a female nude but with the bare flesh of her legs and body blotched with purple, green and yellow bruises as she lies on the floor and embraces an outline of her country Belarus.

As Poland's abortion protests continue into a second week, their top organiser, Marta Lempart, says she is grateful for a clear role model to the East - Belarus's opposition movement.

UN experts on Monday urged Belarus to lift current restrictions that limit women convicted of extremism from contacting their children. Women in these circumstances are denied direct communication ...