{"id":141343,"date":"2025-06-04T20:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141343\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-seizes-building-that-hosts-polish-consulate-from-co-owner","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141343\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus seizes building that hosts Polish consulate from co-owner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 4, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>A Hrodna court on Friday sentenced 72-year-old Stanis\u0142a\u016d Bujnicki, a former deputy chairman of the Union of Poles in Belarus and a co-owner of the building that hosts the Polish consulate in the city, to a prison sentence of two years and six months suspended for one year, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judge found him guilty of tax evasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentence was reduced by one year under an amnesty. In addition, the man was fined 84,000 rubels, or more than $25,000. The judge also ordered the seizure of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bujniski has lived in Bia\u0142ystok since 1999 and has a Polish passport.<\/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\"> 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\">Reprisals: journalist faces criminal charges for links with BAJ<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Exiled Bie\u0142aruski Hajun founder given 20 years in prison BySol helps dozens leave Belarus since January Minsk woman convicted of inciting hatred, participating in protests June 4, Pozirk. 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A Hrodna court on Friday sentenced 72-year-old Stanis\u0142a\u016d Bujnicki, a former deputy chairman of the Union of Poles in Belarus and a co-owner of the building that hosts the Polish consulate in the city, to a prison sentence of two years and six months suspended for one year, the Viasna Human Rights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59156,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-141343","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus seizes building that hosts Polish consulate from co-owner | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 4, Pozirk. 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