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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Yuras Karmanau

Belarus human rights activist gets 7-year prison term for work documenting police crackdown

Viasna Human Rights Centre

A court in Belarus convicted a prominent human rights activist Tuesday of “inciting social hatred” for her work documenting alleged police abuses against political opposition groups.

The Minsk City Court sentenced Nasta Loika, 34 to seven years in prison. She rejected the charges as trumped up and said during her closed-door trial that police used an electroshock weapon on her during her arrest.

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