One of the leaders of the Party “Belarusian Christian Democracy”, the oppositionist Pavel Severinets received seven years of the colony of the reinforced regime on charges of organizing riots. About this on Tuesday, May 25, reports “KP – Belarus”.
four more activists received from four to seven years in prison. Sentences can be appealed. Severinets in court said that she believes that Belarus would be free.
Pavel Severinets and other opposition activists were detained on June 7, 2020 after the pickets of presidential opposition candidates held in Minsk. It was reported that he cut his hand, being in Karzer. In the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs denied this information.
Presidential elections in Belarus took place on August 9, 2020. The CEC announced that Alexander Lukashenko ran up for the sixth term, I scored 80 percent of the votes, and the main opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya – 10 percent. It caused mass protests throughout the country that continued for several months. A number of opposition politicians were arrested or fled from the country.
On May 23, the creator of the opposition telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich was detained in Minsk. He flew on the aircraft of Ryanair from Athena to Vilnius. The liner was forced to land in Belarus because of the message of the dispatcher on the bomb on board. To accompany the aircraft, the MIG-29 fighter was raised.