{"id":128119,"date":"2025-02-28T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128119\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-two-jailed-activists-face-new-trials","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128119\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: two jailed activists face new trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Briefly: Military pundit given 10 years in prison <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian journalist\u2019s social media blacklisted after critical comments on \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exiled analyst may be evicted from his Minsk apartment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KGB brands three jailed regime critics as terrorists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrested journalist, five others declared political prisoners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 28, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>New cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on February 27 included two trials of jailed activists for alleged misbehavior, a charge that officials routinely use to keep their opponents behind bars longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anarchist Alaksandar Franckievi\u010d, sentenced to 17 years and nine months, is on trial in Or\u0161a, Viciebsk region, on charges of disobeying prison authorities, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. Six months ago, he was given an additional year in prison on a similar charge after being held incommunicado for several months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armenian Yarvand Martirosian from Viciebsk, serving a two-year prison term for insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, faced a similar charge yesterday in Va\u016dkavysk, Hrodna region, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another development, the Strana Dlya Zhizni Foundation reported a 10-year prison sentence for Belarusian military analyst Andrej Parotnika\u016d handed down last year on five criminal charges, including high treason. Parotnika\u016d’s appeal hearing is scheduled for March 14. Right groups consider his persecution to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online content<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Minsk judge branded social media by prominent Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon as extremist content shortly after he criticized Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, pro-government Telegram channels reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities also blacklisted Instagram pages by journalist Alena \u010carnia\u016dskaja and the Association of Political Prisoners of Belarus, five Odnoklassniki accounts and one Ukrainian Telegram channel, Viasna reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar Syravatka was tried in Hrodna yesterday for sharing banned content, the Pravo Imeyut <\/em>Telegram channel said. The sentence remains unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee for State Security (KGB) added Pavie\u0142 \u0160oracha\u016d, Alaksandar Sudnikovi\u010d and Anton Iljin to its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities.” They were reportedly found guilty of inciting hatred, a charge typical for politically-motivated persecution.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities filed a lawsuit to evict exiled pundit Siarhiej \u010ca\u0142y from his rented Minsk apartment, Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian rights groups declared journalist Palina Pitkievi\u010d and five other people as political prisoners, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of February 28, human rights defenders identified at least 1,232 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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