(CNN) A Belarusian activist has been ejected from the eastern European country by security forces, according to a statement from the Belarusian Coordination Council. Olga Kolvakova, a confidant of the main Belarusian opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was removed from the country on Saturday night, according to a statement from the organization. "On the night of September 5, the Belarusian special services took Olga Kolvakova, a confidant of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, to the Belarusian-Polish border and released her to a no-man's land," the statement said. Olga Kovalkova was masked by security service members, placed in a car and driven to the Polish border, where she was released. According to the council, Kolvakova was offered two choices: She could be taken out of the country or she would be kept in custody in Belarus, with further terms of imprisonment constantly added to her sentence.

Source: CNN September 06, 2020 14:47 UTC