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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Dec 27, 2022, 04:01 PM Dec 2022

Belarus sentences in absentia former Olympian Herasimenia to 12 years in prison - BelTA

(Reuters) - A Minsk court sentenced in absentia former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia and political activist Alexander Opeykin to 12 years in prison for calling for sanctions and actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.

"They were found guilty of public calls to commit actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of Belarus, including the use of restrictive measures (sanctions) against Belarus, individuals and legal entities of the republic," the state news BelTA agency reported on Monday.

"Such actions entailed grave consequences."

Belarus has been shunned by the United Nations and many countries for an ongoing crackdown on political opponents, civil society and journalists.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/belarus-sentences-absentia-former-olympian-010906349.html

Lukashenko is a hypersensitive shithead.

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Belarus sentences in absentia former Olympian Herasimenia to 12 years in prison - BelTA (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 OP
This is what the right wingers want, they want to be the jailers and lock us up Walleye Dec 2022 #1

Walleye

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1. This is what the right wingers want, they want to be the jailers and lock us up
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 04:11 PM
Dec 2022

It never occurs to their feeble minds that they could be the ones getting locked up

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