Thursday, February 18, 2021

Two journalists jailed for two years in Belarus for filming protests

Two journalists jailed for two years in Belarus for filming protests

Belsat TV journalists Katerina Bakhvalova (R) (reporting for the TV channel under the name of Andreeva) and Daria Chultsova, who were detained in November while reporting on anti-government protests, flash the V-sign from a defendant's cage during their trial in Minsk on February 18, 2021. - The journalists were sentenced to two years in prison on charges of organising illegal demonstrations. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)