Reacting to the 18-year prison sentence handed down today to Syarhei Tsikhanouski – who was arrested in May 2020 after announcing his intention to run for the Belarusian presidency – and custodial sentences for his associates Mikalai Statkevich, Ihar Losik, Artsyom Sakau, Uladzimir Tsyganovich and Dmitry Popov, Marie Struthers, Amnesty