{"id":18196,"date":"2021-02-18T04:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T09:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18196"},"modified":"2021-02-18T04:41:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T09:41:34","slug":"belarus-jails-two-tv-journalists-for-filming-mass-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/02\/18\/belarus-jails-two-tv-journalists-for-filming-mass-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus jails two TV journalists for filming mass protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Belarus court has jailed two TV journalists for two years on charges of fomenting protests, for filming a rally against the country’s leader.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Katerina Bakhvalova, 27, and Daria Chultsova, 23, were arrested in a Minsk apartment block in November while live-streaming an unauthorised protest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They are with Poland-based Belsat TV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mass protests took place across Belarus after Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in a presidential election in August widely condemned as rigged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Belsat TV rejected the accusation that by broadcasting footage of the demonstration the two journalists had disrupted bus services in the Belarusian capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 and on Wednesday a man once seen as his main challenger went on trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Former banker Viktor Babaryko was barred from standing in the election and arrested in June. He is accused of taking bribes and money-laundering when he was head of Belgazprombank.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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