There are 1,500 political prisoners now officially recognised in Belarus: dissident

Belarus has put its exiled opposition leaders on trial in absentia. Among them are Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as well as Vladzimir Astapenka, head of the Democratic Belarusian mission in Brussels. TVP World invited Mr Astapenka to talk about this current situation in Belarus, and the harsh conditions the Belarusian opposition is facing.

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