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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Texas county official says "stupid" feds sparked fire 13 May 2011 Exclusive: Pornography found in bin Laden hideout: officials 13 May 2011 Libyan TV carries audio of Gaddafi taunting NATO | 8:41am EDT "Serious questions" in U.S.-Pakistan ties post bin Laden: Kerry 8:28am EDT Baby Food and Juice Box Confiscated at Airport Security Checkpoint 13 May 2011 Discussed 120 Son says bin Laden sea burial demeans family: report 63 Obama administration fights to save healthcare law 62 Muslim scholars pulled from Delta plane in Memphis Watched Croatian magnet boy displays attractive talent Fri, May 13 2011 Hunt for bin Laden; in 60 seconds Thu, May 12 2011 Inflation creates tight budgets 3:37am EDT Lukashenko opponent jailed for 5 years in Belarus Tweet Share this By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - One of President Alexander Lukashenko's main political opponents was sentenced on Saturday to five years in a high-security jail after being convicted of helping to organize a rally against the leader's... Email Print Factbox Factbox: John Demjanjuk found guilty of Nazi war crimes Thu, May 12 2011 Related News Syrian forces kill 6 protesters Fri, May 13 2011 Rajaratnam convicted on all insider trading charges Wed, May 11 2011 Syrian tanks shell towns with at least 19 killed Wed, May 11 2011 Lindsay Lohan expected to serve jail term at home Wed, May 11 2011 Analysis & Opinion The Raj insider dealing sideshow Extracting Pakistan, bin Laden and its US past Related Topics World Home » Former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov stands in a guarded cage during a court hearing in Minsk May 14, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Julia Darashkevich By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK | Sat May 14, 2011 11:14am EDT MINSK (Reuters) - One of President Alexander Lukashenko's main political opponents was sentenced on Saturday to five years in a high-security jail after being convicted of helping to organize a rally against the leader's re-election. Andrei Sannikov, a former deputy foreign minister and co-founder of the Charter 97 rights group, was found guilty of organizing mass disturbances, a charge he had denied. Sannikov, 57, was the first to be sentenced of five presidential candidates who are standing trial in Minsk for their part in the December 19 mass protest against Lukashenko's re-election that day for a fourth term in power. The crackdown on the rally, which was followed by mass arrests of dissidents and opposition activists, triggered U.S. and European Union sanctions against the hardline leader, including a travel ban on him and his circle. Four other opposition activists being tried with Sannikov were sentenced to jail terms of between three and 3 1/2 years. The state prosecutor had asked for a seven-year jail term to be handed down on Sannikov for the offence, which carries a maximum of 15 years in jail. After presiding judge Natalya Chetvertakova passed sentence, Sannikov smiled from inside the cage where he was being held with his co-accused. "The main thing is to protect my family!" he shouted to supporters. Some supporters in the Minsk district court jumped up and shouted "Glory to the hero!" and a group of about 10 men chanted "Freedom! Freedom!" "They (the authorities) have run over our family like a steam-roller," said Sannikov's mother, Alla Sannikova, in tears outside the courthouse. Sannikov's wife, journalist Irina Khalip, is also on trial over her part in the December 19 protest and sentence is due to be passed on her on Monday. The prosecutor has asked for a two-year suspended sentence for her. FAMILY FEARS The family has expressed fears that the couple's son Danila, who will be four years old tomorrow, could be taken into state care if they are both jailed. The political opposition said the re-election of Lukashenko, in power in the ex-Soviet republic since 1994, was fraudulent and Western monitors have described it as "flawed." The United States and the European Union have since blacklisted Lukashenko because of the crackdown, imposing sanctions including a travel ban on him and 150 of his associates in power. Two other activists who ran against Lukashenko, Nikolai Statkevich and Dmitry Uss, are on trial on the same charge as Sannikov, of organizing mass unrest. Two other presidential candidates, Vladimir Neklyayev and Vitaly Rymashevsky, are being tried on lesser charges linked with the December protests. (Writing by Richard Balmforth; editing by Andrew Roche) World Home Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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