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MINSK — A Belarusian court has sentenced the country’s leading opposition figure, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who lives in exile, to 15 years in prison.According to the state news agency, Belta, and the human rights organization, Viasna, another prominent opponent, Pavel Latushko, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Three other people were sentenced to 12 years in prison.Tikhanovskaya responded quickly, vowing to continue her struggle and political activities. She labeled the trial a “farce”.“Today I don’t think about my own sentence. I am thinking of thousands of innocents, detained and those sentenced to real prison terms,” she said on Twitter. “I will not stop until each of them is released.”Tsikhanouskaya was charged with 12 crimes, including “conspiracy to take...
March 06, 2023
Exiled Belarusian leader Tsikhanouskaya sentenced to 15 years in prison
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