{"id":101933,"date":"2024-08-24T23:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101933\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"over-100-convicted-for-receiving-grocery-aid-from-abroad-viasna","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101933\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 convicted for receiving grocery aid from abroad \u2013 Viasna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eda-pixabay-e1700148949997.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> At least 126 people have been convicted in Belarus for alleged violations of the foreign aid legislation, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported as rights defenders sounded alarm over the persecution of recipients of grocery aid from the opposition INeedHelpBY initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late January, police raided the homes of individuals who helped the families of political prisoners buy groceries. Victims of the raid were mostly women and family members of people jailed on charges widely seen as politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penalties included fines ranging from 400 to 1,200 rubels (from $125 to $380) with confiscation of received aid and goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty people face criminal charges, while about a dozen women over 50 remain in custody pending trials.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_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\">Reprisals: over 37,000 minor offense convictions linked to protests since 2020<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 13, Pozirk. In more than four years of politically-motivated reprisals in Belarus, authorities filed 37,189 minor offense charges to punish opponents of the government, Dissidentby reported. The persecution of regime critics continues, as at least two arrests and several &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/90433\">\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 24, Pozirk. At least 126 people have been convicted in Belarus for alleged violations of the foreign aid legislation, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported as rights defenders sounded alarm over the persecution of recipients of grocery aid from the opposition INeedHelpBY initiative. 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