Most of Belarus’s opposition leaders have fled to neighboring countries after Alexander Lukashenko launched a brutal crackdown following last year’s disputed presidential vote
A Minsk court found Maria Kalesnikava guilty of conspiring to seize power, creating an extremist group, and calling for actions that could damage national security, it said. Ms. Kalesnikava’s colleague Maxim Znak was sentenced to 10 years in a high-security prison.
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