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Belarusian Political Prisoner Viktoria Haurylina Goes On Trial Amid Crackdown


The Homel regional court started the trial on August 25.
The Homel regional court started the trial on August 25.

Another political prisoner in Belarus, Viktoria Haurylina, has gone on trial amid a part of a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent. The Homel regional court started the trial on August 25. Haurylina was arrested in late January and charged with financing an extremist group and the illegal access and distribution of private information. It is not clear what the charges stem from. The trial is being held behind closed doors. Belarus has seen a wave of arrests for those critical of the country's authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka since he was declared the winner of a disputed 2020 presidential election. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Belarus Service, click here.

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