Four Belarusian women were each jailed for more than a decade on Friday, the latest in a series of heavy sentences handed to activists and journalists, including a Nobel prize winner, who have spoken out against authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. The verdicts were handed down in two separate cases - the first against the leaders of an independent online news outlet, tut.by, and the second against two political scientists accused of subversion.
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Belarus on Friday handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country's largest independent news site, which was forced to shutter after historic demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
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