{"id":136870,"date":"2025-05-06T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136870\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-border-guards-screen-travellers-to-identify-2020-protesters","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136870\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: border guards screen travelers to identify 2020 protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 6, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Rights defenders report reinforced checks of travelers at the borders with the European Union countries. Border guards pay special attention to people who were persecuted on minor offense charges after the 2020 political crisis, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus from May 3 to 5 included extremist content designations for the YouTube channel by the BRUTTO rock band and <em>byteatr.com <\/em>along with its social media pages. Other blacklisted content features several Telegram channels, <em>krok.kult <\/em>on Instagram, <em>Volnaja Bie\u0142aru\u015b <\/em>on VKontakte and <em>zloybelevrey<\/em> on TikTok.<strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catholic priest Hienrych Aka\u0142atovi\u010d, sentenced to 11 years on a high treason charge, was transferred to the penal colony in Mahilo\u016d region\u2019s Babrujsk, <em>katolik.life<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least nine people imprisoned in Belarus in politically-motivated cases have disabilities, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each month, Belarusian judges pass at least 143 sentences on charges widely seen as politically motivated, Viasna\u2019s Natalla Sacunkiei\u010d told an OSCE conference in Vienna. Peaceful protests critical of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka that support the opposition and call for the release of political prisoners are impossible in Belarus, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of May 6, human rights defenders identified at least 1,194 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <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\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">At least nine people with disabilities considered political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 5, Pozirk. At least nine people imprisoned in Belarus in politically-motivated cases have disabilities, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports on International Day of Protection of Rights of Persons with Disabilities. One of them is Alaksandar Kisiel, sentenced to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/136778\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 6, Pozirk. Rights defenders report reinforced checks of travelers at the borders with the European Union countries. Border guards pay special attention to people who were persecuted on minor offense charges after the 2020 political crisis, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. 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