
For two decades, Katsiaryna “Katya” Snytsina wore the national colors of Belarus on the basketball court, including at the Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
She deserves to be feted back home as one of the Eastern European country’s greatest-ever athletes.
Instead, she is considered “persona non grata” by the Belarusian authorities under the brutal rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, the continent’s last dictator.
She has been branded an “extremist lesbian.”
If you live in Belarus and follow @snytsina on Instagram, you’re likely to be detained for 15 days if the police stop you and decide to go through your phone.
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