A court in Belarus has reportedly sentenced opposition leader Syarhei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in prison. Tikhanovsky had spearheaded protests against Belarus President Lukashenko last year. Meanwhile, two explosions hit Camilo Daza Airport in the city of Cucuta of Colombia. This was a terrorist attack. In other news a gas tanker explosion killed at least 60 in Haiti. Read this and more in Top 10 World News
A Belarus court has reportedly sentenced opposition leader Syarhei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in prison.
Tikhanovsky had spearheaded protests against Belarus President Lukashenko last year. A politician Mikola Statkevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Syarhei Tikhanovsky's wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who is in exile hit out against the court's decision saying that it was an act of "revenge" by the current government.