{"id":127585,"date":"2025-02-24T19:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127585\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lidas-roman-catholic-priest-on-trial-for-allegedly-following-opposition-media","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127585\/","title":{"rendered":"Lida\u2019s Roman Catholic priest on trial for allegedly following opposition media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> D\u017amitryj Malec, a Roman Catholic vicar from Lida, has been arrested on suspicion of following opposition social media, the human rights group Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It says that the priest will be tried on a minor charge of extremist content possession on February 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lida District Court has not announced the trial on the e-justice portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Malec served in Navahrudak. In 2023, he was to be drafted into the army and the church held a farewell mass on this occasion. However, the draft decision was reversed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has persecuted dozens of Roman Catholic Church priests and faithful after the 2020 presidential election. Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija documented 31 representatives of the church who faced different kinds of politically-motivated repression from September 1, 2020, to November 30, 2024.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Journalist Pitkievi\u010d to be tried on extremism charge<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 24, Pozirk. Journalist Palina Pitkievi\u010d will go on trial at the Minsk City Court on March 7 to answer an extremism charge, Na\u0161a Niva reported. The Committee for State Security (KGB) associated Pitkievi\u010d with the MediaIQ project, designated as &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/127580\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, Pozirk. D\u017amitryj Malec, a Roman Catholic vicar from Lida, has been arrested on suspicion of following opposition social media, the human rights group Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. It says that the priest will be tried on a minor charge of extremist content possession on February 24. 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