Index – Abroad – A former presidential candidate was sentenced to prison in Belarus

The 41-year-old politician, who also led an anti-Lukasenko movement, was convicted by a court in Minsk. Dmitrijev admitted his guilt in that, according to the accusations, he participated in the anti-government movements, MTI wrote.

After the controversial presidential election in August 2020, Belarus was swept by a wave of protests that lasted for months and were suppressed by the authorities.

The authorities arrested hundreds of people, including journalists and public figures, and almost all of the opposition leaders he was forced to flee abroad . According to human rights defenders, around 1,500 political prisoners may be imprisoned in the country’s prisons.