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Belarusian Doctor, Journalist Go On Trial For Revealing Info On Slain Protester
MINSK — A physician and a journalist in Belarus havegone on trial for allegedly disclosing information about a protester killed during a crackdown on demonstrations against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The Moscow district court in Minsk started the trial of Artsyom Sarokin and Katsyaryna Barysevich on February 19 with a decision to hold the process behind closed doors claiming «personal medical data» would be involved in the case. The decision to bar the public sparked protests by dozens of supporters who