Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) said on January 9 that a Belarusian woman had been sent to pretrial detention on an espionage charge. According to the ABW, the woman, whose identity was not disclosed, was detained in December and accused of sending information to the Belarusian KGB about the Belarusian diaspora in Poland, including organizations uniting Belarusians and Poles of Belarusian origin. Tens of thousands of Belarusians have fled the country since a brutal crackdown was launched over anti-government protests against the results of a disputed August 2020 presidential vote that kept authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka in power. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Belarus Service, click here.
