{"id":125496,"date":"2025-02-08T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T12:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125496\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"jailed-babaryka-jr-to-stand-another-trial","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125496\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed Babaryka Jr to stand another trial"},"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\/07\/eduard_babariko_sb_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eduard_babariko_sb_by.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eduard_babariko_sb_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eduard_babariko_sb_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eduard_babariko_sb_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eduard_babariko_sb_by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(sb.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Eduard Babaryka, the imprisoned son of former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka, is accused of disobeying prison authorities and may face up to two additional years behind bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His trial is scheduled for February 20 in Va\u016dkavysk, Hrodna region. Last summer, Babaryka Jr had been already given two more years on similar charges, routinely used by authorities to hold political opponents in prisons longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Eduard managed his father\u2019s presidential campaign and was later sentenced to eight years in prison on what was widely regarded as trumped-up charges. Authorities also branded him as an extremist and terrorist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups consider his persecution to be politically motivated.<\/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\/2025\/01\/babariko_protasevich_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/babariko_protasevich_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/babariko_protasevich_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/babariko_protasevich_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/babariko_protasevich_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/babariko_protasevich_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <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\">Babaryka\u2019s video released after 18 months incommunicado<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 8, Pozirk. Pro-government influencer Raman Pratasievi\u010d has posted a video on Telegram featuring jailed banker-turned-politician Viktar Babaryka, who was arrested in 2020 after challenging Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in the presidential race. Babaryka was allowed to address his family after being &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/120890\">\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>February 8, Pozirk. Eduard Babaryka, the imprisoned son of former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka, is accused of disobeying prison authorities and may face up to two additional years behind bars. His trial is scheduled for February 20 in Va\u016dkavysk, Hrodna region. Last summer, Babaryka Jr had been already given two more years on similar charges, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95104,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-125496","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jailed Babaryka Jr to stand another trial | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 8, Pozirk. 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