Poland summons Belarusian diplomat over jail sentence for journalist

Poland summoned Belarus' senior diplomat in Warsaw on Thursday to protest against the jailing for five years of a journalist accused of stirring anti-government trouble. A Belarusian court found Iryna Slaunikava, of Polish broadcaster Belsat TV, guilty on Wednesday of setting up an extremist group and organising unrest, the latest of scores jailed during a crackdown since 2020 protests.