{"id":145918,"date":"2025-07-08T19:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145918\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"jailed-bloggers-brother-given-restricted-freedom-term-in-bielaruski-hajun-case","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145918\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed blogger\u2019s brother sentenced to restricted freedom in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nikita_losik_vk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nikita_losik_vk.jpg 840w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nikita_losik_vk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nikita_losik_vk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nikita_losik_vk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nikita_losik_vk-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Mikita \u0141osik&#039;s VKontakte page)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Mikita \u0141osik, the 25-year-old brother of jailed blogger Ihar \u0141osik, has been sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility today in Viciebsk, <em>Radyjo Svaboda <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities persecuted him on charges of facilitating extremism for sharing several pictures with the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun online project that had monitored Russian military activities in Belarus since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 20 other people are reportedly facing similar charges in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested Mikita \u0141osik in early May. His brother Ihar has been held behind bars since late 2021 for allegedly inciting hatred and rioting and is subject to incommunicado detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups consider their persecution to be politically motivated.<\/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: cancer patient endures brutal detention<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 8, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights activists and media yesterday reported on pardons for political prisoners as well as new incidents of repression. Viasna Homiel reported that police used force to detain Iryna Levina, a cancer patient, outside an oncology &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/145817\">\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>July 8, Pozirk. Mikita \u0141osik, the 25-year-old brother of jailed blogger Ihar \u0141osik, has been sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility today in Viciebsk, Radyjo Svaboda reports. Authorities persecuted him on charges of facilitating extremism for sharing several pictures with the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun online project that had monitored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":137376,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-145918","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>Jailed blogger\u2019s brother sentenced to restricted freedom in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 8, Pozirk. 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