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A court in Belarus has sentenced two journalists to two years in prison after they filmed live coverage of the protests against President Alexander Lukashenko for a new channel based in Poland.
白俄羅斯一家法院判處兩名記者兩年監禁,因為他們為設在波蘭的一個新頻道拍攝了針對總統亞歷山大-盧卡申科的抗議活動的現場報道。
Cat Serena and driver Andrea Eltsova Ah, Belarus nationals who worked for Bell Sad.
Cat Serena和車手Andrea Eltsova啊,白俄羅斯國民,曾為貝爾薩德工作。
They were arrested at an apartment in November from where they had been filming protests taking place over the death of a protester who was killed several days earlier.
11月,他們在一個公寓裡被捕,他們在那裡拍攝了因幾天前一名抗議者死亡而發生的抗議活動。
Their detention has been condemned by international human rights organizations.
他們的拘留受到國際人權組織的譴責。
The two journalists appeared in a cage at the hearing on Thursday, making V for victory signs.
兩名記者週四在聽證會上出現在籠子裡,做V代表勝利的標誌。
Both pleaded not guilty after being accused of orchestrating the demonstrations by filming them.
兩人在被指控通過拍攝示威活動來策劃示威活動後,均表示無罪。
Mobile phones, microphones, video cameras and flash drives were all presented as evidence by the prosecution.
行動電話、麥克風、攝影機和隨身碟都被檢方作為證據提出。
The New York based Committee to Protect Journalists has called the charges quote absurd and said that they should be dropped immediately.
總部設在紐約的保護記者委員會稱這些指控是荒謬的,並表示應立即撤銷這些指控。
More than 33,000 people have been detained after protests against Lukashenko's rule following an election last August that opponents say was rigged to keep him in power.
在去年8月的一次選舉後,反對者稱是為了讓盧卡申科繼續執政而被操縱,在抗議盧卡申科的統治後,有超過33000人被拘留。