Maria Kolesnikova has been charged under security law

Maria Kolesnikova has been charged under security law

By Onlykhabar News Media Thu 17 September, 2020 ( about 5 years ago ) 🎤505 Viewersinternational

Belarusian protest organiser Maria Kolesnikova has been charged with incitement to undermine national security.

Ms Kolesnikova is said to have ripped up her passport when the authorities tried to expel her from the country. Three women have been leading a mass opposition movement, but she is the only one not to go into exile. For the last five Sundays, at least 100,000 people have protested over what was widely seen as a rigged election. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who stood against Mr Lukashenko as the opposition candidate, said she won the election. She was forced to flee to Lithuania shortly afterwards.

President Alexander Lukashenko claimed an overwhelming victory in the 9 August poll, but a brutal crackdown on initial protests against the result only fuelled popular anger. The third of the three women, Veronika Tsepkalo, has also left the country. She was driven to the Ukrainian border with two other people, but she prevented officials forcibly expelling her by tearing up her passport and throwing it out of a car window. On Wednesday the Investigative Committee said in a statement that Ms Kolesnikova had been charged on Monday with calling for "actions aimed at undermining Belarusian national security" using the media and internet.

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