Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, whose husband has been jailed for 18 years. -AP
A Belarusian court has sentenced the husband of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 18 years in jail for organising mass unrest and inciting social hatred, the Belta news agency reports.
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Syarhei Tsikhanouski, a video blogger, was jailed in May 2020 as he prepared to run against Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko in a presidential election in August that year. He denied the charges.
Tsikhanouskaya ran in her husband's place in the election. Mass protests broke out after the vote, which the opposition accused Lukashenko of rigging.
