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Belarus Sentencing

A court in Belarus handed a six-month prison sentence Tuesday to Katsiaryna Barysevich, a journalist for the independent Tut.by online news portal, on charges of revealing personal data in her report on the death of protester Raman Bandarenka.

/ March 2, 2021
Belarusian journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich smiles as she attends a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Barysevich is accused of revealing personal data in her report on the death of a protester, part of the Belarusian authorities to stifle independent media reports about protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA pool photo via AP)

KYIV, Ukraine — A court in Belarus handed a six-month prison sentence Tuesday to Katsiaryna Barysevich, a journalist for the independent Tut.by online news portal, on charges of revealing personal data in her report on the death of protester Raman Bandarenka.

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