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[Link] Belarus Olympian safe in Tokyo hotel after refusing 'forced' flight home
Read: 5/8/2021 www.bbc.com
A Belarusian Olympian who refused her team's order to fly home early is safe after seeking protection from Japanese police, Games officials have said.They say sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in a hotel at Tokyo's Haneda airport.
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[Link] Watch This Activist Defy Europe’s Last Dictator by Dancing at the Start of Her Trial
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
Maria Kolesnikova, a protest organiser, and Maksim Znak, an opposition lawyer, were key leaders in the Belarusian opposition movement against the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko that exploded last year after widely panned elections.
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