Belarus shows first glimpse of jailed Lukashenko rival in nearly two years


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  • Thursday, 09 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: Viktor Babariko, attends a news conference in Minsk, Belarus June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo

(Reuters) - Jailed Belarusian politician Viktor Babariko, who was arrested while trying to run in a 2020 election against President Alexander Lukashenko, has been allowed to send a message to his family for the first time in nearly two years.

Photographs and a short video, in which Babariko appeared to be addressing his daughter, were published online by a prominent Belarusian journalist who visited him in prison.

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