Belarus Sentences Husband of Opposition Leader to 18 Years in Prison
MOSCOW—The spouse of Belarus’s most distinguished opposition leader was sentenced Tuesday to 18 a long time in prison, the most current move against more and more beleaguered opponents of authoritarian chief Alexander Lukashenko.
Sergei Tikhanovsky, 43, a well known YouTube blogger and activist, was arrested numerous months right before very last year’s disputed presidential election, in which he experienced hoped to contend. His spouse, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, ran in area of her jailed partner and managed to rally a groundswell of supporters who imagine she gained the vote. Ms. Tikhanovskaya fled the previous Soviet republic for Lithuania nearly instantly right after the election, citing security concerns for her young children.
