{"id":117045,"date":"2024-12-06T15:09:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117045\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"solidarity-funds-head-pledges-to-keep-working-despite-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117045\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity fund\u2019s head pledges to keep working despite criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 6, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> \u201cWe keep working,&#8221; said Andrej Stry\u017eak when asked to comment by <em>Pozirk<\/em> on criminal charges against him and his associate Alaksiej Lavon\u010dyk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stry\u017eak and Lavon\u010dyk head the two largest solidarity initiatives: BySol and BY_help, respectively. They assist Belarusians facing politically-motivated reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I accept congratulations in the form of donations for a fundraiser for political prisoners&#8217; children,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other defendants in the Belarusian Investigative Committee\u2019s case include Jaras\u0142a\u016d Li\u0441ha\u010de\u016dski, founder of the New Belarus digital platform; Alaksiej Ku\u017amianko\u016d and Alaksandar Padhorny of BySol; Alaksandar \u0141apko, head of the Warsaw-based Belarusian Youth Hub; and blogger Alaksandra \u017duk (\u0179vierava), ex-girlfriend of jailed Eduard Babaryka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They all face numerous criminal charges ranging from insulting and defaming Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and calling for sanctions to association with an extremist group, facilitating extremism, financing terrorism and high treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the 2020 political crisis, authorities in Belarus equated solidarity, advocacy and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/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\/11\/veremeichik_ont-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/veremeichik_ont-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/veremeichik_ont-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/veremeichik_ont.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Donations for jailed former volunteer fighter Vieramiej\u010dyk exceed \u20ac8,000<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 6, Pozirk. A fundraiser to support Belarusian volunteer Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk who fought Russia in Ukraine and is now held in Belarusian custody has collected \u20ac8,115, the BySol Solidarity Fund reported. His wife Ja\u016dhienija Vieramiejcyk launched the fundraiser on November &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/117029\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 6, Pozirk. \u201cWe keep working,&#8221; said Andrej Stry\u017eak when asked to comment by Pozirk on criminal charges against him and his associate Alaksiej Lavon\u010dyk. Stry\u017eak and Lavon\u010dyk head the two largest solidarity initiatives: BySol and BY_help, respectively. They assist Belarusians facing politically-motivated reprisals. &#8220;I accept congratulations in the form of donations for a fundraiser [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-117045","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Solidarity fund\u2019s head pledges to keep working despite criminal charges | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 6, Pozirk. \u201cWe keep working,&quot; said Andrej Stry\u017eak when asked to comment by Pozirk on criminal charges against him and his associate Alaksiej\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117045\/\" 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