Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak, charged with extremism and trying to seize power illegally, at a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus on September 6. /Ramil Nasibulin/B
Belarusian Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya who took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo, looks on while boarding a flight to Vienna. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
Belarusinvestigators announced on Wednesday opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak had been detained as part of a national security inquiry, as the government continues to battle with pr