Belarusian opposition activist facing trial for participating in “mass unrest” has fled the country.

Natalya Radzina, chief editor of the opposition Khartiya-97 website, was officially charged with participation in an unsanctioned mass protest against the results of the December 19 presidential election that gave incumbent President Alyaksandr Lukashenka another term.

Radzina’s mother, Nadzeya Radzina, said that it appeared her daughter decided to “escape the fate of other opposition activists” [like Mikita Likhavid, recently sentenced to 3 1/2 years for participating in the same protests.]

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