{"id":121493,"date":"2025-01-13T11:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121493\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"man-sentenced-for-donations-forced-to-give-600000-to-charities","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121493\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced for donations forced to give $600,000 to charities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 13, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>A court in Ivanava, Brest region, has given five and half years in prison for donations to blacklisted opposition initiatives and Belarusian volunteers fighting Russia in Ukraine, the Brest region prosecutor&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the pre-trial investigation, the man \u201cvoluntarily transferred\u201d $600,000 to several residential homes for children with disabilities in donations, it added, referring to compensatory payments opposition supporters are forced to make allegedly to offset donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viasna Human Rights Center identified the man as Alaksandar Darahakupiec, held in custody since early August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials deny the existence of political prisoners in Belarus, arguing that the Criminal Code does not contain any \u201cpolitical\u201d articles. However, the government equates criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media 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=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Interior ministry brands seven political prisoners, 15 others as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 12, Pozirk. The interior ministry has added 22 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 4,848, its website said. All blacklisted persons were convicted on charges that authorities use &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/121440\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 13, Pozirk. A court in Ivanava, Brest region, has given five and half years in prison for donations to blacklisted opposition initiatives and Belarusian volunteers fighting Russia in Ukraine, the Brest region prosecutor&#8217;s office said. 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