TALLINN: A Roman Catholic priest, who has opposed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and helped Ukrainian refugees, has been sentenced to three years in prison in Belarus, the latest move in the authorities’ crackdown on critical voices, a rights group said Thursday. A court in Belarus convicted Anatoly Parakhnevich, 66, on charges of “insulting the authorities” and “extremism” during a closed-door trial last month, said the Viasna Human Rights Center, which designated him as a political prisoner. I
