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Belarus hands exiled Tikhanovskaya 15 years in jail

For spearheading protests against the ex-Soviet country's leader

06 March, 14:00
(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, MAR 6 - Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison for spearheading historic protests against the ex-Soviet country's leader, state-run news agency Belta reported.

Tikhanovskaya, who was forced to flee to neighbouring EU-member state Lithuania after the protests sparked by a disputed presidential election in 2020, was sentenced in absentia on charges of high treason and "conspiracy to seize power." (ANSA-AFP).

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