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Viasna leaders trial to begin in Minsk on January 5

December 22, BPN. The Viasna Human Rights Center reports that its jailed leaders will go on trial at a Minsk court on January 5.

The case will be heard by Judge Maryna Zapaśnik, best known for convicting regime critics.

The center’s head, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aleś Bialacki, his deputy Valancin Stefanovič and coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign Uładzimir Łabkovič are accused of smuggling cash across the border and financing protests.

Human rights defender Źmicier Sałaŭjoŭ, who has fled the country, would be tried in absentia as part of the same case.

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