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2 Belarusian journalists sent to prison for covering protest

| February 25, 2021 5:15 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two journalists in Belarus were convicted Thursday of violating public order and sentenced to two years in prison after they covered a protest against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

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