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Belarus jails two journalists who covered Lukashenko protest

Katsiaryna Andreyeva, right, and Darya Chultsova make ‘V’ signs from cage in court on Thursday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Two journalists in Belarus have been convicted of violating public order and sentenced to two years in prison after they covered a protest against the authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko.

Katsiaryna Andreyeva, 27, and Darya Chultsova, 23, both of the Polish-funded Belsat TV channel, were detained in November in an apartment they had been using as a vantage point to livestream demonstrations over the death of a protester.

Both women, who pleaded not guilty, appeared in a cage at the hearing on Thursday, hugging and making “V” for victory signs.

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