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Journalist Dzmitry Luksha was among 30 prisoners pardoned on August 16 by President Aleksandr Lukashenko, pictured here in January 27 near the village of Zaitsevo, Leningrad region. (Photo: Olga Maltseva/Pool via Reuters)

Belarusian court sentences journalist Volha Radzivonava to 4 years in jail 

New York, December 12, 2024—A Belarusian court in Minsk, the capital, convicted freelance reporter Volha Radzivonava of discrediting Belarus, “incitement to racial, national, religious, or other social hostility or discord,” and defaming and insulting the president of Belarus, sentencing her to four years in jail on Tuesday. “Journalist Volha Radzivonava’s four-year prison sentence is yet another example of…

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