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Ex-journalist Volha Kłaskoŭskaja released from prison

December 14, BPN. Authorities have released former Narodnaja Vola journalist Volha Kłaskoŭskaja after serving her prison time, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.

She spent two and a half years in prison following for allegedly blocking traffic blocking traffic in Minsk in October 2020 and online comments about a Brest policeman.

Prison authorities reportedly mistreated Kłaskoŭskaja in custody by placing her in a punishment cell and an internal prison on numerous occasions. Human rights groups considered her a political prisoner.

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