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Supreme Court upholds sentence of journalist Ihar Ilyash

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Ihar Ilyash in court. Photo: Nanna Heitmann / The New York Times

The Supreme Court considered the appeal of journalist and political prisoner Ihar Ilsh on November 14. The sentence previously handed down to Siarhei Katsar was left unchanged – 4 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 4,200 rubles. Siarhei Vahanau wrote about this on Facebook.