Maria Kolesnikova

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Musician and opposition figure Kolesnikova campaigned against President Lukashenka in 2020. In September 2020, she was kidnapped and detained for her activism. Her trial began in August 2021. She was sentenced to 11 years in prison in September for charges including terrorism and forming an extremist group. As of April 2024, she has been held in solitary and has had no outside contact for over a year.