{"id":146503,"date":"2025-07-12T15:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146503\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-rights-groups-report-on-six-trials-in-bielaruski-hajun-case","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146503\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: rights groups report six trials in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>New cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on July 11 included more arrests linked to the now defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun online project that monitored Russian military equipment movement in Belarus from 2022 to early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the arrested are men and face charges of facilitating extremist activities, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. At least six trials linked to the project have already taken place. Rights defenders know of 26 defendants held in custody, but the real number may be considerably higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate development, Ja\u016dhien \u0160lachcionak, a former military enlistment office employee, went on trial in Hrodna on extremism-related charges, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar Ryb\u010danka, a former school principal from the Viciebsk region\u2019s Lozna district, was tried on similar charges and could have been sentenced to a restricted freedom term, Viasna\u2019s Viciebsk branch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministry said it added both men, along with 43 other reprisal victims, to its list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities\u201d yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 human rights groups criticized the government\u2019s proposal to introduce fines for promoting homosexuality, gender transition and voluntary childlessness, <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of July 12, human rights defenders identified at least 1,150 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\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\u0410\u043b\u0435\u0441\u044c \u041f\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438\u043d \u0432 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439. 17 \u0438\u044e\u043d\u044f 2020 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430\n\n\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: svaboda.org\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617.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\">Opposition leader pays tribute to artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin on death anniversary<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 11, Pozirk. Two years ago, \u201cthe country lost a Belarusian, a citizen, an artist who saw Belarus as it should be\u2014free and dignified,\u201d opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in her message on the anniversary of the death of Ale\u015b &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/146410\">\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 12, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on July 11 included more arrests linked to the now defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun online project that monitored Russian military equipment movement in Belarus from 2022 to early 2025. Most of the arrested are men and face charges of facilitating extremist activities, the Viasna Human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-146503","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: rights groups report six trials in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 12, Pozirk. 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