TaylorSwift 162,283 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 A Belarusian court sentenced two Belarusian journalists who filmed protests against President Alexander Lukashenko to two years in prison on Thursday. Katsiaryna Andreyeva, 27, and Darya Chultsova, 23, were detained in an apartment in November from where they had been filming protests taking place over the death of a protester who was killed several days earlier. The two journalists appeared in a cage at the hearing on Thursday, hugging and making “V” for victory signs. Their lawyer said they would appeal the verdict. More than 33,000 people have been detained in a violent crackdown on protests against Lukashenko’s rule following a contested election last August that his opponents say was rigged to extend his rule. He has been in office since 1994. source https://store.taylorswift.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esteban 2,300 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Sadly I fear it becomes usual even in the self proclaimed west european democracies... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwiax 3,028 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Poland isn't much better... Two artists are current;y facing 2-year inprisonment for creating image of Mary with rainbow halo... our government trying to push bill that will create taxes for free media (which will result in banckrupcy for most of them) and they just ban abortion almost totally (now only reasons to do legal abortion is if pregnancy is dangerous to women's life or if the pregnancy is a result of a rape; and fanatics from catholic and far-right organizations already said that they will try to 'protect unborn kids' from the 'unhumanous' reason which is rape...) vanish into you 🥀🖤 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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