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Five Belarusian Activists, Including U.S. Citizen, Convicted Of Plotting Coup

A court in Minsk has convicted Yuras Zyankovich, a Belarusian-born lawyer who also holds U.S. citizenship, and four co-defendants of allegedly planning to assassinate authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his family and seize power in the country.

Belarusian Prosecutor Seeks Lengthy Prison Terms For U.S. Citizen, Co-Defendants

Prosecutors have asked a court in Minsk to convict and sentence Yuras Zyankovich, a Belarusian-born lawyer who also holds U.S. citizenship, and his five co-defendants to lengthy prison terms for planning to assassinate authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his family and seize power. 

Russia arrests two alleged Belarus coup plotters

Is The Pratasevich Case A Game Changer For Belarus?

No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:48 0:00 Much of the international community reacted with shock and fury to the news of the forced landing of the Ryanair plane on a scheduled flight from Athens to Vilnius. Ursula von der Leyen, head of the EU s executive European Commission, said Pratasevich must be released immediately and that those responsible for the Ryanair hijacking must be sanctioned, adding EU leaders meeting in Brussels on May 24 would discuss what action to take. As European officials threatened new sanctions against Belarus, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the forced landing and arrest a shocking act, demanded Pratasevich s immediate release, and said President Joe Biden s administration was coordinating with our partners on next steps.