{"id":134821,"date":"2025-04-18T16:19:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134821\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"several-people-arrested-in-dziarzynsk-over-2020-protests","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134821\/","title":{"rendered":"Several people arrested in Dziar\u017eynsk over 2020 protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>At least five people have been arrested in Dziar\u017eynsk, Minsk region, in recent days, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrests were linked to the 2020 post-election protests. The detainees were charged with violent disorder. Searches were held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the detainees were neighbors. The alleged protesters were identified through photos and videos. The exact number of detainees is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 28, human rights defenders reported that the Committee for State Security searched members of trade unions. Equipment was seized, but the activists were released after interrogation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcers questioned them about solidarity foundations and the so-called &#8220;terrorism funding.&#8221;<\/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\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ivacevi\u010dy man charged with justifying Nazi atrocities in Chaty\u0144<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 17, Pozirk. A 21-year-old Ivacevi\u010dy resident has been charged with supporting Nazism for justifying WWII atrocities in the village of Chaty\u0144, said the Belarusian Investigative Committee&#039;s directorate for the Brest region. The unemployed suspect sent a message approving &quot;atrocities &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/134621\">\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 18, Pozirk. At least five people have been arrested in Dziar\u017eynsk, Minsk region, in recent days, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The arrests were linked to the 2020 post-election protests. The detainees were charged with violent disorder. Searches were held. Some of the detainees were neighbors. 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