KYIV (Reuters) - A Belarusian court sentenced two Belarusian journalists from Poland-based TV news channel Belsat to two years in prison on Thursday, after authorities arrested them for live filming protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. Katsiaryna Andreyeva, 27, and Darya Chultsova, 23, were detained in 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. The journalists were filming protests after the death of 31-year-old Roman Bondarenko, who died in hospital in November after what protesters say was a severe beating by security forces. The Belsat TV channel specializes in news from Belarus and employs mostly Belarusian citizens. (This story corrects to show journalists are Belarusians working for a Poland-based broadcaster)(Writing by Matthias Williams; editing by John Stonestreet)

Source: The Star February 18, 2021 07:57 UTC