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Belarus jails senior staff at independent news site in crackdown on Lukashenko critics

Belarus jails senior staff at independent news site in crackdown on Lukashenko critics

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Belarus has handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country’s largest independent news site, which was forced to close after historic demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko over two years ago.

The verdicts are the latest in a crackdown on journalists, opposition figures and activists who challenged Lukashenko’s claim that he won a sixth presidential term in 2020.

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