Olympics organizers face growing criticism over plans to let Russians and Belarusians into the Paris Olympics. But athletes from Belarus who openly oppose their president, risk being left behind, whatever happens.
Three-time Olympic medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia will soon be without a Belarusian passport, so she’s applying for international protection in Poland.
Two-time Olympic swimming medallist Aliaksandra Herasimenia, a
well-known critic of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, has
been sentenced to 12 years in prison in absentia for "creating an
extremist formation" - linked to her work with the Belarus Sports
Solidarity Foundation.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) Belarusian authorities on Monday handed lengthy prison terms to two opposition activists who had fled the country, in the first court verdict against dissidents that was announced in absentia.
Belarusian authorities on Monday handed lengthy prison terms to two opposition activists who had fled the country, in the first court verdict against dissidents that was announced in absentia.