Russian oppositionist Roman Protasevich’s girlfriend Sofia Sapieha was sentenced in Belarus to 6 years in prison.
Sophia Sapega was charged under seven articles of the Criminal Code: “incitement of social hatred”, “illegal actions on information about personal life”, etc.
This was reported by the channel “Euroradio” in Telegram.
“6 years in prison. Such a sentence was passed today in Belarus to Sophia Sapega,” the message says.
Sapieha wrote a petition for pardon.
Recall:
Ryanair’s Athens-Vilnius plane landed in Minsk, carrying Belarusian opposition journalist and blogger Roman Protasevich. The oppositionist was immediately detained .
Protasevich’s girlfriend Sofia Sapieha was detained along with him and placed in a temporary detention facility .
In Minsk, she was charged with inciting hatred. According to the investigation, Sapieha ran a telegram channel that made public the personal data of the Belarusian security forces.
Russian Sofia Sapega wrote a petition for pardon addressed to Alexander Lukashenko.