{"id":1274,"date":"2023-08-02T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1274"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution-6","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1274\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 2,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on August 1 as arrests of dissenters continued and more online content was blacklisted as extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrested and released<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have identified and arrested another protester who allegedly featured in Mika\u0142aj Mamina\u016d&#8217;s film about the 2020 protests released on&nbsp;<em>Delfi<\/em>&#8216;s YouTube channel, a pro-government Telegram channel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Belarusian national was arrested at the border for allegedly writing 1,000 comments on opposition websites, a pro-government Telegram channel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested a Minsk bar owner on charges of prostitution and her husband, a Russian national, for allegedly participating in 2020 protests, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Folk singer Patrycyja \u015avicina went on trial in Minsk, Viasna reported. Authorities accuse her of gross violations of public order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minsk City Court opened the hearing of a case against Iryna Skrob accused of promoting extremism, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extremist content update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A judge in Homiel blacklisted 25 online pages as extremist content, including several opposition social media accounts, Telegram channels and chats of Belarusians in Ukraine, the Rabo\u010dy Ruch group and others, Viasna reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other instances of persecution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk was transferred to Penal Colony No 24 in Zare\u010d\u010da, Homiel region, her husband Andrej \u0160arenda said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The justice ministry removed the Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada from its online list of active political parties after the Supreme Court heard the ministry&#8217;s request to shut it down. The results of the July 31 hearing were not disclosed, but it is likely that the request was granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities released former Mahilo\u016d history museum head Alaksiej Baciuko\u016d after five days in jail, MAYDAY.TEAM reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of August 2, human rights defenders identified at least 1,483 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 2,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on August 1 as arrests of dissenters continued and more online content was blacklisted as extremist. 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