{"id":1470,"date":"2023-08-15T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1470"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-man-dies-in-custody-opposition-alleges-police-brutality","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1470\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk man dies in custody, opposition alleges police brutality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 15,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;A Minsk man has died in police custody after he was arrested five days ago at&nbsp;a store for unknown reasons,&nbsp;<em>Belsat TV<\/em>&nbsp;reported. An opposition group said&nbsp;the death could be qualified as a crime against humanity if caused by &#8220;a large-scale and systematic assault on the civilian population.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arciom Zajac died at&nbsp;an emergency hospital, where he was escorted by&nbsp;police, on August 10 from a broken neck,&nbsp;<em>Belsat<\/em><em>TV<\/em>&nbsp;said, quoting his relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish-based National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) said his death&nbsp;was &#8220;highly likely&#8221; a result of police brutality. It called for an independent investigation and for bringing all those responsible to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian police officials&nbsp;have not commented on the allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 15,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;A Minsk man has died in police custody after he was arrested five days ago at&nbsp;a store for unknown reasons,&nbsp;Belsat TV&nbsp;reported. An opposition group said&nbsp;the death could be qualified as a crime against humanity if caused by &#8220;a large-scale and systematic assault on the civilian population.&#8221; Arciom Zajac died at&nbsp;an emergency hospital, where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-1470","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Minsk man dies in custody, opposition alleges police brutality | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 15,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;A Minsk man has died in police custody after he was arrested five days ago at&nbsp;a store for unknown reasons,&nbsp;Belsat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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