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The spy was helping Russian invaders

All over Belarus, 800 people were arrested

As of today, there are 33 journalists behind bars.

Maladzechna-based human rights defender Ales Kaputski has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for the third time in a row, HRC Viasna reports.

Zhlobin district court passed a guilty verdict in the case of political prisoner Mark Vasilkou, the human rights centre Viasna reports.

He is now in Minsk jail

Civic activist Antos Zhylko was detained by police on January 12 in Minsk.

Dzyanis Nasura, a Minsk resident and leading business analyst at IT company EPAM, was detained on December 9.

Andrey Kuznechyk, a freelance journalist and a Minsk-based contributor of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has not been released from prison after serving two ten-day terms of administrative arrest.

Andrey Kuznechyk, a freelance journalist and a Minsk-based contributor of RFE/RL, has not been released from prison after serving a ten-day term of administrative arrest.