{"id":138512,"date":"2025-05-16T23:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138512\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"reprisals-wikipedia-editor-goes-to-jail","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138512\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: Wikipedia editor goes on jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Volha Sitnik, a Belarusian Wikipedia editor, was sentenced to 10 days in jail, <em>Na\u0161a Niva <\/em>reported. Officers took her to the notorious detention center at the Akre\u015bcin Lane in Minsk. The reasons for her persecution are unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the owner of the Hrodna-based Cudo\u016dnia ethnic shop, Andrej Nie\u015bciarovi\u010d, was sentenced to one year of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional institution, <em>hrodna.life<\/em> reported. Nie\u015bciarovi\u010d was arrested in February 2025 and charged with violent disorder in connection with his alleged role in the 2020 protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viasna Human Rights Center revealed that in July 2024, a Babrujsk court sentenced Yurii Bondarenko, a Ukrainian national, to 18 months in prison after finding him guilty of insulting the head of state. Viasna designated the man as a political prisoner, noting that he was convicted based on denunciation rather than hard evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry declared several social media accounts extremist, including the Facebook page of Pavie\u0142 Barko\u016dski, a member of the opposition United Transitional Cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the interior ministry added 40 people to the list of &#8220;persons involved in extremist activity.&#8221; They include five Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment fighters, Imaguru case suspects and blogger Siarhiej Biaspa\u0142a\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two cars of Vadzim Saran\u010duko\u016d, an activist of the outlawed Belarusian Popular Front, are due to be sold at public auction in Hrodna, Pravo Imeyut reported. In August 2024, Saran\u010duko\u016d was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison and a hefty fine for alleged extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of May 16, human rights defenders identified at least 1,174 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\/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\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: arrests continue over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/138163\">\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 16, Pozirk. Volha Sitnik, a Belarusian Wikipedia editor, was sentenced to 10 days in jail, Na\u0161a Niva reported. Officers took her to the notorious detention center at the Akre\u015bcin Lane in Minsk. The reasons for her persecution are unclear. Furthermore, the owner of the Hrodna-based Cudo\u016dnia ethnic shop, Andrej Nie\u015bciarovi\u010d, was sentenced to one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-138512","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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: Wikipedia editor goes on jail | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 16, Pozirk. Volha Sitnik, a Belarusian Wikipedia editor, was sentenced to 10 days in jail, Na\u0161a Niva reported. 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