From left, Belarusian opposition activists Vladimir Tsyganovich, Sergei Tikhanovsky and Nikolai Statkevich are seen inside a defendants cage during a hearing at a detention centre in Gomel, Belarus. A regional Belarusian court found Sergei Tikhanovsky, a popular opposition blogger and the jailed husband of fugitive former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, guilty on a number of criminal charges, sentencing him to 18 years in a maximum security prison.

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People stand during a hearing at a detention centre in Gomel, Belarus. A regional Belarusian court found Sergei Tikhanovsky, a popular opposition blogger and the jailed husband of fugitive former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, guilty on a number of criminal charges, sentencing him to 18 years in a maximum security prison.

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From left, Belarusian opposition activists Igor Losik, Vladimir Tsyganovich, Sergei Tikhanovsky and Nikolai Statkevich are seen inside a defendants cage during a hearing at a detention centre in Gomel, Belarus. A regional Belarusian court found Sergei Tikhanovsky, a popular opposition blogger and the jailed husband of fugitive former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, guilty on a number of criminal charges, sentencing him to 18 years in a maximum security prison.

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From left, Belarusian opposition activists Artyom Sakov, Igor Losik, Vladimir Tsyganovich, Sergei Tikhanovsky and Nikolai Statkevich are seen inside a defendants cage during a hearing at a detention centre in Gomel, Belarus. A regional Belarusian court found Sergei Tikhanovsky, a popular opposition blogger and the jailed husband of fugitive former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, guilty on a number of criminal charges, sentencing him to 18 years in a maximum security prison.

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