Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A court in Belarus on Wednesday sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison term, part of a continued government crackdown on opposition activists, critical media outlets and independent reporters. World News | Belarus Court Gives Another Journalist a Lengthy Prison Term.
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The health of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, a frequent critic of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko who was jailed following Sunday s diversion of a plane bound for Lithuania, remains in question with conflicting accounts of the 26-year-old s physical state. According to his mother, Roman Protasevich is in hospital in critical condition - heart disease, Tadeusz Giczan, Protasevich s editor-in-chief, tweeted on Monday.
Later on Monday afternoon, a video appeared on NEXTA, Protasevich s news platform, appearing to show the journalist saying the reports of heart problems were false and he s being treated well in jail while confessing to crimes that carry a 15-year prison sentence.
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