Belarusian activist stabs himself in court

Stsiapan Latypau carried out unconscious after claiming he was pressured to plead guilty

A Belarusian opposition activist stabbed himself in the throat with a pen during a court hearing after claiming investigators had pressured him to plead guilty or face the arrest of his family and friends.

Footage from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty showed Stsiapan Latypau, who has organised protests against the country's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, lying inside a defendant's cage as witnesses screamed in a courtroom in Minsk.