Belarus Startup Sentenced for Extremism

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Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova co-founded Imaguru , a startup hub in Minsk , Belarus , in 2013 .

They've been sentenced in absentia’ to a combined 23 years in prison by Belarusian authorities.

Their crime? Building an independent, pro-entrepreneurial future the Lukashenko regime deemed dangerous for its championing of entrepreneurship in a country normally dominated by state-owned industries.

Belarusian embassies can no longer issue or renew documents for citizens abroad, effectively trapping dissidents in foreign countries, undocumented.

Imaguru now operates hubs in Warsaw and Madrid , with support from European institutions.

The team is also launching a campaign to declare entrepreneurship a human right.

Marynich remains in limbo, hoping visibility might help shift bureaucratic indifference.

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