{"id":137992,"date":"2025-05-14T11:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137992\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-hrodna-court-to-hold-trial-in-absentia-on-high-treason-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137992\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: Hrodna court to hold trial in absentia on high treason charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trial against Viktar Damaracki, accused of high treason, will open in Hrodna on May 26 without the defendant being present, Haradzienkaja Pravaabarona said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry announced extremist content designations for <em>Zerkalo \u2013 Novosti | TUT.\u0412Y<\/em> and <em>Dark Baron<\/em> Telegram channels; <em>zmitr_ok<\/em> and <em>kalinouskipolk <\/em>on Instagram; <em>Pavel Latushka <\/em>on Facebook and <em>Zrobim Bie\u0142aru\u015b Liepiej <\/em>on VKontakte. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk prosecutors requested removal of blacklisted history books by Viktor Suvorov from an online retailer the Minsk Prosecutor\u2019s Office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are auctioning off a 30-year-old Seat Ibiza that belongs to exiled blogger Andrej Pavuk, <em>Flagshtok <\/em>said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of May 14, human rights defenders identified at least 1,175 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=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo_2025-05-12_17-01-06-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo_2025-05-12_17-01-06-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo_2025-05-12_17-01-06-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo_2025-05-12_17-01-06-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo_2025-05-12_17-01-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo_2025-05-12_17-01-06.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\">Three officers convicted in Belarus of military coup attempt \u2013 Ziankovi\u010d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 13, Pozirk. A Belarusian court convicted at least three officers of special operation forces based in Marjina Horka of conspiracy in 2022-2023 to stage a military coup, Juryj Ziankovi\u010d, recently released from a Belarus&#039; prison with the help of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/137851\">\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 14, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 13 The trial against Viktar Damaracki, accused of high treason, will open in Hrodna on May 26 without the defendant being present, Haradzienkaja Pravaabarona said. The information ministry announced extremist content designations for Zerkalo \u2013 Novosti | TUT.\u0412Y and Dark Baron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-137992","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>Reprisals: Hrodna court to hold trial in absentia on high treason charges | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 14, Pozirk. 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