Photo report from trial over Statkevich and Uss

After almost 5 months in the KGB jail, the defendants look undernourished and pale.

On May 11 the court of Leninski district of Minsk started proceedings in the case opened against presidential candidates Mikalai Statkevich and Dzmitry Uss. Besdies, the cases of participants of the Square Andrei Paznyak, Alyaksandr Klaskouski, Alyaksandr Kvyatkevich, Artsyom Grybkou, Dzmitry Bulanau are tried. They are charged with participation in mass riots.

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