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Now playing Next Belarus Belarusian opposition politician sentenced to 7 years in prison Pavel Seviarynets was sentenced along with six other activists on Tuesday amid international fury over Minsk's forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition journalist. 25/05/2021
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Now playing Next Belarus Belarusian drummer given six-year sentence for playing during rallies According to Viasna, the musician had blocked traffic by waving a red and white flag and encouraged demonstrators to clap their hands. 13/05/2021
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Now playing Next Belarus Belarus opposition calls for new protests and tougher EU sanctions Key opposition figure Pavel Latushko says the current persecution of the opposition in Belarus is the worst terror Europe has seen in 40 years. And he called on the EU to apply tougher sanctions. 07/05/2021
Now playing Next Germany Belarusians file 'state torture' case against Lukashenko in Germany The German judiciary applies the principle of "universal jurisdiction" which allows any person to be tried in Germany for the most serious offences committed anywhere in the world. 05/05/2021
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Now playing Next the global conversation The Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs defends the country's actions on protests "The actions of law enforcement agencies and authorities were absolutely adequate and necessary. The fate of the country was at stake" - Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Makei, gives us his perspective of the political crisis in the country. 30/04/2021
Now playing Next Belarus The push for a free Belarus requires patience and endurance | View More than eight months after the fraudulent elections that sparked massive pro-democracy protests, it is tempting to declare the Belarusian uprising a failure, argues Tatyana Margolin from Open Society Foundations. 29/04/2021