Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent Belarusian opposition figure who led protests against the President, was sentenced to 11 years in prison
Kolesnikova and another opposition activist, Maxim Znak, were charged with extremism and conspiring to"seize state power in an unconstitutional way" in a trial held in the capital Minsk behind closed doors, Belarusian state media Belta reported. Znak, who is also a key member of the coordination council formed by opponents of Lukashenko's authoritarian government, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
"Exiled opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya makes her first public appearance in Vilnius, Lithuania in August 2020 after fleeing Belarus."The regime wants us to see them crushed & exhausted. But look - they are smiling & dancing. They know - we will release them much earlier than these 11 years.
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