Belarusian authorities on Friday convicted the chief editor of a prominent independent regional newspaper of "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced him to four years in prison, as the country continues its crackdown on dissent.
Belarus has convicted chief editor Aliaksandr Mantsevich of the independently-run Regionalnaya Gazeta newspaper of "discrediting the Republic," sentencing him to four years in prison.
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