{"id":102384,"date":"2024-08-28T10:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T07:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102384\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-authorities-keep-banning-opposition-content","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102384\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: authorities keep banning opposition content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 28, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on August 27 as authorities branded agrolive.by<\/em> and more social media accounts as extremist content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blacklisted pages include designer U\u0142adzimir Cesler’s Instagram account, X pages by politicians Valeryj Kavale\u016dski and Valeryj Capka\u0142a; Bie\u0142aru\u015b Razam!<\/em>, Podvig Naroda Bessmerten<\/em> and ProChat<\/em> on Telegram;\u00a0Belarusy v Ukraine<\/em> and Chata Belsatu<\/em> on\u00a0Facebook; volha.vialichka <\/em>and bloody_dictator<\/em> on Instagram; luka.zone<\/em> on VKontakte and masterslk<\/em> on TikTok.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrests<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro-government sources reported two arrests in the Brest region for participation in 2020 postelection protests. One of the arrested is known as Ivan Litvin on social media. Other recent arrests were linked to donations to opposition projects and receiving assistance from the By_Help initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A judge in Brest convicted D\u017amitryj \u0160\u0142ethauer (name as received) of extremism and espionage, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The closed-door trial occurred a few months ago but authorities did not disclose the sentence. The Supreme Court will hear the appeal against the sentence on August 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jahor Ibrahima\u016d, serving a four-year prison term on protest-related charges, was tried for allegedly disobeying prison authorities\u2019 orders, Viasna said. The sentence remains unknown. Rights groups consider his persecution to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A judge in Minsk heard liquidation lawsuits against three associations public associations, Viasna said. The outcome remains unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A special commission chaired by Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied allowed footballers Stanis\u0142a\u016d Drahun and Andrej Cha\u010daturan to resume their careers, citing their \u201cactive participation\u201d in significant patriotic events, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of August 28, human rights defenders identified at least 1,372 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian authorities have arrested about 65,000 people for political reasons in the four years since the August 2020 presidential election, Viasna reported in early August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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