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Coverage dated December 13, 2021

Belarus Court Sentences Opposition Leader to 18 Years

Headline from Voice of America

Syarhei Tsikhanouski was jailed last year ahead of presidential election

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  1. Voice of America

    Belarus Court Sentences Opposition Leader to 18 Years (opens Voice of America)

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    Syarhei Tsikhanouski was jailed last year ahead of presidential election

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Belarus sentences opposition leader’s husband to 18 years in prison (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A court in Belarus has sentenced the husband of the country’s opposition leader to 18 years in prison

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Belarus court sentences opposition leader’s husband to 18 years in prison (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Five other opposition activists were sentenced to lengthy prison terms of 14 to 16 years alongside Tsikhanouski.

  4. KRDO

    Belarusian opposition figure sentenced to 18 years at high-security penal colony (opens KRDO)

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    By Allegra Goodwin and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Siarhei Tsikhanouski, the husband of Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison at a high-security penal colony, Belarusian state media BelTA reported on Tuesday.

  5. New York Times

    Belarus Opposition Leader Is Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison (opens New York Times)

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    The activist Sergei Tikhanovsky planned to challenge the country’s authoritarian leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, in a presidential election last year. But he was arrested before the vote.

  6. MyNorthwest

    Belarus hands opposition leader’s husband 18 years in prison (opens MyNorthwest)

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    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced the husband of the country's opposition leader to 18 years in prison, six months after the

  7. Al Jazeera

    Belarus: Opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Tikhanovsky’s wife, the self-exiled Belarus democracy icon Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, denounced the verdict as ‘revenge’.

  8. The Guardian

    Belarus jails opposition leader’s husband for 18 years (opens The Guardian)

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    Syarhei Tsikhanouski arrested in 2020 as he prepared to challenge Alexander Lukashenko

  9. France 24

    Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years (opens France 24)

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    A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in prison after he galvanised an unprecedented protest movement against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko…

  10. France 24

    Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky sentenced to 18 years in jail (opens France 24)

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    A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in prison after he galvanised an unprecedented protest movement against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko…

  11. Newsweek

    Belarus opposition leader's husband, 5 others sentenced to at least 14 years in prison (opens Newsweek)

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    Siarhei Tsikhanouski, the husband of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, previously ran against current President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020's elections.

  12. The Hill

    Opposition leader sentenced to 18 years in prison in Belarus (opens The Hill)

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    A Belarusian opposition leader was convicted on Tuesday of organizing mass unrest and inciting social hatred and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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