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Belarus protest leader Kolesnikova jailed for 11 years

On national security charges

06 September, 12:42
(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, SEP 6 - A court in Belarus sentenced key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova -- who led mass protests against President Alexander Lukashenko last year -- to 11 years in prison on national security charges. Kolesnikova's lawyer Maxim Znak was also handed a 10-year prison sentence, according to the press service of onetime presidential hopeful Viktor Babaryko, whose campaign Kolesnikova managed. (ANSA-AFP).

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