Shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk has encouraged dissidents to return to
Belarus following President Alexander Lukashenko's latest decree to
allow protestors to come home - distancing herself from the 2020 and
2021 democracy demonstrations.
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.
Reigning Olympic champions Hanna Huskova and Dzinara Alimbekava have
been selected among Belarus’ 28-strong squad for next month’s
Winter Olympics in Beijing.