Missing Belarus activist found hanged in Ukraine

A missing Belarusian activist has been found hanged in a park in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, police said on Tuesday, adding they had opened a murder probe. Shishov headed the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an NGO helping his compatriots flee repression in Belarus. The activist went jogging in Kiev on Monday morning but did not return and could not be reached on his mobile phone. Friends of Shishov said he had been followed by "strangers" while jogging recently. Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been cracking down on any form of dissent since mass protests erupted after last year's elections, deemed unfair by the West. The United Nations yesterday called on the Ukrainian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation on the incident.