{"id":116866,"date":"2024-12-05T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116866\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"prosecutors-set-to-prevent-protests-in-run-up-to-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116866\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors set to prevent protests in run-up to presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\/01\/vybory-2025_metro_1128_pozirk_002-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-2025_metro_1128_pozirk_002-1.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-2025_metro_1128_pozirk_002-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-2025_metro_1128_pozirk_002-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-2025_metro_1128_pozirk_002-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-2025_metro_1128_pozirk_002-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 5, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Only local authorities can authorize mass events in Belarus, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office has said in the run-up to the presidential election on January 21-26, warning that all other gatherings will be considered illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors reiterated the ban to obstruct traffic and everyday activities even at the authorized events, stressing that participants are prohibited from putting up tents, threatening public safety, violating public order or \u201ccarrying out extremist activities, including through appeals and propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also warned against \u201corganizing illegal strikes and disrupting production and educational processes to destabilize the situation in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current presidential campaign is taking place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics. Authorities keep equating criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The previous 2020 presidential race was marred by fraud and police brutality against peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing politically-motivated reprisals are hampering Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s attempts to present the upcoming election as competitive, rights defenders say.<\/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\/12\/kasinski_vaiar-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kasinski_vaiar-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kasinski_vaiar-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kasinski_vaiar-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kasinski_vaiar-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kasinski_vaiar.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Elections<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Elections, Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Military chief propaganda officer teaches Homiel region\u2019s officials to sort \u201ctruth\u201d from lies<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 4, Pozirk. Leanid Kasinski, the Belarusian defense ministry&#039;s chief propaganda officer, has accused regime opponents of &quot;cynical attempts&quot; to complicate the situation by exerting pressure on mothers of Belarusian soldiers, without elaborating. Kasinski spoke about national security at a &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/116757\">\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>December 5, Pozirk. Only local authorities can authorize mass events in Belarus, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office has said in the run-up to the presidential election on January 21-26, warning that all other gatherings will be considered illegal. 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