The Polish foreign ministery has summoned the charge d'affaires of Belarus to express its concern after a Belarusian court sentenced a journalist to five years of prison
(Reuters) - A Belarusian court convicted a journalist for Polish broadcaster Belsat TV to five years in jail on Wednesday, a verdict Warsaw described as unacceptable and one that it would respond to.
A Belarusian journalist in the city of Homel has been sentenced to five years in prison as the government continues to crack down on the media following mass protests sparked by a disputed presidential election two years ago that handed victory to authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.