(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, 06 LUG - "The EU calls for the immediate
and unconditional release of Viktor Babariko, as well as all
political prisoners, detained journalists, and people in jail
for exercising their fundamental rights. The regime must stop
repression and injustice and call to account those who are held
responsible," said Peter Stano, lead spokesperson for Foreign
affairs and Security policy of the EU, in a statement. The
Supreme Court of Belarus sentenced former Belgazprombank head
and former presidential candidate Viktor Babariko to 14 years in
prison. He was one of Aleksandr Lukashenko's opponents in the
elections and was the first to be sentenced. (ANSA).
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