Belarus has put exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on trial in absentia for committing treason. In 2020, Tsikhanouskaya ran for president against Belarus’s longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko after her husband Sergei was jailed while running for president. Sviatlana fled Belarus after the election. She denounced the trial as a farce.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “First of all, I have to say that in Belarus there are no honest trials. We live in absolute lawlessness in our country. So, tomorrow’s trial will be — on me, will be farce, show, but not like real justice, you know?”