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Belarusian courts have never handed down a sentence of this magnitude for a political opponent: 25 years in prison for Mikalay Autukhovich, a businessman and activist charged with high treason and terrorism. The other 11 who stood trial with him were sentenced to a total of almost 170 years. ....
Belarusian businessman and political activist Mikalay Autukhovich, along with 11 others, has been handed lengthy prison terms on terrorism charges that he rejects as politically motivated. ....
Political prisoner Vitold Ashurak died in a colony in Shklou. He was 50 years old. This was reported by his relatives. The pre-emergency cause of death is cardiac arrest, reports nn.by. Vitold Ashurak was an activist from Biarozauka, a member of the Belarusian Popular Front, coordinator of the For Freedom movement. The activist was detained on September 19, 2020. The judge of the Lida District Court, Maksim Filatau, announced the trial would be behind closed doors. The sentence was 5 years in a general regime colony, which Vitold served in the Shklou penal colony #17. “I didn’t kill anyone, I didn’t deceive anyone, I didn’t steal anything. I did what my conscience required,” ....