{"id":133266,"date":"2025-04-07T14:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133266\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bysol-helps-dissident-persecuted-for-supporting-ukraine-flee-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133266\/","title":{"rendered":"BySol helps dissident persecuted for supporting Ukraine flee Belarus"},"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\/2025\/04\/efimovich_strizhak_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/efimovich_strizhak_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/efimovich_strizhak_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/efimovich_strizhak_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/efimovich_strizhak_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/efimovich_strizhak_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Jefimovi\u010d\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Andrej Stry\u017eak&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The BySol Solidarity Foundation helped U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Jefimovi\u010d, 21, leave Belarus, its head Andrej Stry\u017eak has said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested Jefimovi\u010d in November 2022, three weeks after he was called up for service in the army. Law enforcers broke fingers on his hand and beat him with a stun gun during the arrest, rights defenders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was accused of being a member of the Sajuz Bie\u0142aruskaha Nacyjanalnaha \u0160\u010dyta opposition group that allegedly shared videos of Russian military equipment and discussed guerrilla warfare in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-2023, a judge in Minsk sentenced Jefimovi\u010d to three and a half years in prison on extremism-related charges. Rights groups considered him a political prisoner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was freed in January 2025 under a pardon program, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. The detention reportedly undermined his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to show Ukrainians that not all Belarusians support Russia,&#8221; Jefimovi\u010d told rights defenders. &#8220;I wanted to prove. . . that there are free Belarusians like us. . . and Belarusians who fight on the side of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine. Authorities in Minsk denied the Belarusian army\u2019s involvement in combat operations but allowed Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and have persecuted Belarusians for antiwar positions.<\/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\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BySol evacuates one Belarusian in three days \u2013 co-founder<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 31, Pozirk. The Bysol Solidarity Foundation has evacuated 29 people from Belarus since January 1, the foundation&#039;s co-founder Andrej Stry\u017eak told the Obychnoye Utro show on Youtube. &quot;Today&#039;s scope of work is practically one person in three days,&quot; he &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/132313\">\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>April 7, Pozirk. The BySol Solidarity Foundation helped U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Jefimovi\u010d, 21, leave Belarus, its head Andrej Stry\u017eak has said on Telegram. Police arrested Jefimovi\u010d in November 2022, three weeks after he was called up for service in the army. 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