A court in Belarus convicted a journalist of insulting the president in messages in a deleted chat group and sentenced him to 1 1/2 years in prison, the Belarusian Association of Journalists said on Aug 2.
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Associated Press: Belarus sends reporter to prison over deleted chat messages
A man flashes the V-sign from inside a car while passing the KGB state security committee headquarters in Minsk on Aug. 13, 2020.