Maria Kolesnikova, one of the leaders of mass street protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko last year, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Rights groups say at least five people were detained and 25 homes and offices searched in the third successive day of raids.
President Alexander Lukashenko dismisses international outcry over incident in his first public statement since diverting a Ryanair flight to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
Transcript details a conversation between one of Belarusian Transport Ministry's air traffic controllers and a Ryanair pilot forced to land in Belarus due to what turned out to be a hoax bomb alert.
Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair aircraft to land on Sunday to detain opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, who was onboard.
"I will not work as president with you under the new constitution," President Alexander Lukashenko says without specifying when that day would come.
Police detain dozens of people during protests against President Alexandre Lukashenko's contested re-election, activists say.
More than 700 people taken into pre-trial detention for "breaching the laws on mass gatherings," Interior Ministry says.
Human rights group Viasna says police detained more than 500 protesters in fresh demonstrations, as anger mounts over death of Roman Bondarenko, a 31-year-old protester.
Belarus is in a political crisis as tens of thousands of Belarusians have taken to the streets each week since the Aug. 9 election calling for President Lukashenko to resign after 26 years in power.
Belarus has been rocked by strikes and weekly street protests since authorities announced that President Lukashenko, who has ruled in authoritarian fashion since 1994, had secured re-election on August 9 with 80 percent of votes.
Baku says Yerevan attacked its civilians who were visiting a cemetery in western Tartar city, causing fatalities and injuries, as fighting over the occupied Karabakh enclave runs into its third week.
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