Belarus opposition leader jailed in Lukashenko ‘purge’
udf.byMaria Kolesnikova was arrested last September and taken to the border, where she reportedly ripped up her passport, risking prison rather than going into exile.
Photograph: Tatyana Zenkovich/EPAA Belarusian court has sentenced the senior opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava to 11 years in prison, punishing one of the most prominent opponents of the country’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko.