{"id":138163,"date":"2025-05-15T11:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138163\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-arrests-in-bielaruski-hajun-case-continue","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138163\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: arrests continue over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 15, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 14 as rights groups reported at least 15 arrests in the case targeting people who shared information with the now defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exiled group, blacklisted by Minsk, had monitored Russian and other military activity in Belarus after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, suspending operations in early February following a data breach. Most of the recently arrested are men accused of facilitating extremism, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamara Karavaj, given two years in prison for liking a post critical of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, died aged 45 of alleged heart failure shortly after her release from prison, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported, citing the woman\u2019s acquaintance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry branded the <em>\u0141uka\u0161esku<\/em> song by Stanis\u0142a\u016d Maroza\u016d as extremist content. Authorities also blacklisted opposition politician Pavie\u0142 Barko\u016dski&#8217;s Facebook page, the August2020 project\u2019s social media pages; <em>stop_tarakan_by<\/em> and <em>belpotatoit <\/em>on Instagram; <em>Natali<\/em>, <em>HarleyQuinn<\/em>, <em>Dmitry_Stinger<\/em>,<em> JAMBO LIFE<\/em> and <em>SONCAU<\/em> on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej Juchnievi\u010d, rector of the church of Our Lady of F\u00e1tima in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges relating to sexual relations with minors, has appealed the verdict, <em>katolik.life <\/em>said. He was arrested one year ago over white-red-white and Ukrainian flags on social media and is now held at the Viciebsk pre-trial detention center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of May 15, 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=\"351\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tamara_karavaj_vesna-351x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tamara_karavaj_vesna-351x236.jpg 351w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tamara_karavaj_vesna-728x490.jpg 728w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tamara_karavaj_vesna-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tamara_karavaj_vesna.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/>                        <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\">Woman prosecuted for social media like dies shortly after release<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 14, Pozirk. Tamara Karavaj, given two years in prison for liking a post critical of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, died aged 45 of alleged heart failure shortly after her release from prison, Na\u0161a Niva reported, citing the woman&#039;s acquaintance. The date &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/138010\">\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>May 15, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 14 as rights groups reported at least 15 arrests in the case targeting people who shared information with the now defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring initiative. 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