Two former presidential candidates, Vladimir Neklaev and Vytal Rymashevsky were sentenced today alongside a number of political activists, Serguey Voznyak, Andrei Dmitriev, Alexander Feduta and Nasta Polojanko. They were all detained after protests against the disputed re-election of Alexander Lukashenko on 19 December last year. All were put on probation, Neklaev, Rymashevsky, Voznyak, Feduta and Dmitriev for two years and Polojanka, who is just 20 years old, for one year. The sentence was handed down by Judge Janna Jukouskaya, who is currently subject to a European Union travel ban.