Court in Belarus sentences husband of the leader of the country's pro-democracy movement to 18 years in prison, convicting him in a closed-door trial widely condemned as revenge for challenging authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
Tikhanovskaya on Tuesday said her husband's sentence was Lukashenko's"personal revenge."
The court also sentenced Artsyom Sakau, who helped on Tikhanovsky's presidential campaign, and Dmitry Popov, his social media manager, to 16 years in prison. Mikola Statkevich, an opposition activist, received 14 years, and Ihar Losik, a journalist with the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was jailed for 15 years.The verdicts were slammed by European countries and the United States, which demanded Lukashenko's government immediately release them and other political prisoners.
Video released from the court room on Tuesday showed the men in a cage, smiling. As the verdict was read out, Tikhanovsky turned his back on the judge.Police block the way for Belarusian opposition supporters rally in the center of Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 30, 2020.castigating the court and challenging Lukashenko to meet with her.
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