World News | Belarus Activist Gets 25-year Sentence for Opposing Regime

Tallinn (Estonia), Oct 17 (AP) A leading Belarusian political activist has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for opposing President Alexander Lukashenko's regime.

Mikalay Autukhovich was convicted and sentenced by a Belarusian court Monday on charges of plotting a terror attack, high treason and a conspiracy to seize power.

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Autukhovich is a 59-year old former military officer and a veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He has helped the opposition raise funds for their efforts to oppose Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation with an iron hand for more than 28 years.

Lukashenko has brutally suppressed protests that were fueled by his being awarded a sixth term in office in a 2020 presidential vote that was widely seen as rigged. (AP)

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