{"id":100897,"date":"2024-08-16T18:20:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/100897\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"investigators-open-criminal-case-against-comedian-kamisaranka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/100897\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators open criminal case against comedian Kamisaranka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Investigative Committee (IC) has announced a special procedure case against S\u0142ava Kamisaranka, a stand-up comedian who often jokes about Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/komissarenko-inst-20240816.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/komissarenko-inst-20240816.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/komissarenko-inst-20240816-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/komissarenko-inst-20240816-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/komissarenko-inst-20240816-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/komissarenko-inst-20240816-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        S\u0142ava Kamisaranka\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Instagram)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The special procedure allows the government to prosecute its exiled opponents for serious crimes, including terrorism, mercenarism and high treason. Kamisaranka is charged with inciting hatred, as well as defaming and insulting the head of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case was opened yesterday. The IC summonned the comedian to its Minsk department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 116 citizens have been targeted with special cases so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, Kamisaranka said that after a performance in Turkey, a Turkish internal affairs officer advised him against mocking that country&#8217;s officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kirkevich_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kirkevich_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kirkevich_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kirkevich_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kirkevich_fb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kirkevich_fb_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Exiled Belarusian activist given seven years in prison in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 6, Pozirk. Alaksandar Kirkievi\u010d, a Belarusian freelance journalist, local history enthusiast and former activist of the opposition Malady Front (Youth Front) currently outlawed in Belarus, has been sentenced to seven years in prison in a trial held without him &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/99256\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 16, Pozirk. The Investigative Committee (IC) has announced a special procedure case against S\u0142ava Kamisaranka, a stand-up comedian who often jokes about Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his policies. The special procedure allows the government to prosecute its exiled opponents for serious crimes, including terrorism, mercenarism and high treason. Kamisaranka is charged with inciting hatred, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":100874,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-100897","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Investigators open criminal case against comedian Kamisaranka | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 16, Pozirk. 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