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Andrei Sannikov, 57, a prominent opposition leader was jailed for five years for organising mass protests after the 2010 presidential election.
Sannikov was one of seven presidential candidates arrested in December during a protest after President Lukashenko won a fourth term.
Sannikov was a former deputy foreign minister and co-founder of the Charter 97 group.
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