{"id":134460,"date":"2025-04-16T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134460\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-deports-pole-who-served-prison-term-over-online-comments","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134460\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk deports Pole who served prison term over online comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Polish national Robert Tampala was ordered to leave Belarus after his release from prison, where he had served a three-year term over online comments that were considered as insults of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Belarusian officials, dissidentby reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man, who has been living in Belarus since the 1990s and had his family here, was also banned from entering the country for eight years. His family, including a minor child, probably remains in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tampala, known as a candy company co-founder, was arrested in 2023 and branded as an extremist. He had been held at Penal Colony No 1 in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region. Rights groups considered him a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 36 foreigners were held in Belarusian prisons as of March, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/77796\/\">Dozens foreigners victims of political reprisals in Belarus \u2013 rights group<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 16, Pozirk. Polish national Robert Tampala was ordered to leave Belarus after his release from prison, where he had served a three-year term over online comments that were considered as insults of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Belarusian officials, dissidentby reported. The man, who has been living in Belarus since the 1990s and had his family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-134460","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>Minsk deports Pole who served prison term over online comments | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 16, Pozirk. 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