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The Independent UK
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Yuras Karmanau

A dissident film director from Belarus is released after 1 year of detention in Serbia

Serbia Belarus Crackdown - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his extradition has been released and gone to Germany.

Andrei Hniot told The Associated Press that Serbian authorities released him from house arrest on Thursday, exactly a year after he was detained. Under Serbian law, pre-extradition detention cannot exceed one year, said his lawyer Filip Sofijanic.

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