Verdicts and sentences will be handed down on September 6 in the trial of two leading Belarusian opposition figures, Maryya Kalesnikava 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: Verdicts expected for Belarusian opposition figures Kalesnikava, Znak
A demonstrator holds a photo of opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova during a rally demanding to free jailed activists of the opposition in Minsk on Oct. 4, 2020.
