Belarus: Journalists Maryna Zolatava and Valeryia Kastsiuhov

Zolatava, editor-in-chief of TUT.BY, was handed 12 years in prison; Kastsiuhova, editor of website 'Nashe Mneniye', received ten years. Both were convicted on charges relating to harming national security and incitement to hatred.

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