Verdicts and sentences are expected to be handed down in the trial of two leading Belarusian opposition figures, Mariya Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak, on conspiracy charges the United States has called “manufactured” amid an ongoing crackdown on pro-democracy activists and groups by authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko.
Protests in Belarus
RFE/RL: Belarusian opposition figures Kolesnikova, Znak await verdicts
A blindfolded feminist activist holds a photograph of opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova imprisoned after Belarus presidential elections on Aug. 9, 2020, as she protests against police violence in Minsk, on Jan. 16, 2021.
