On Feb. 18, two Belarusian journalists of Belsat, Katerina Bakhvalova, and Daria Chultsova, were jailed for two years for streaming from a protest rally. The Belarusian authorities accuse them of organizing mass riots on Nov. 15, 2020, in the “Square of Changes” in Minsk.
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Belsat TV journalists Katerina Andreeva (R) 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 Feb. 18, 2021.