{"id":147232,"date":"2025-07-17T19:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147232\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"supreme-court-to-consider-exiled-bloggers-appeal-against-sentence","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147232\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to consider exiled influencer\u2019s appeal against sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian Supreme Court will consider Anton Matolka\u2019s appeal against sentence on August 19, human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 3, the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Matolka to 20 years in prison, without the defendant being present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to prosecutors, the defendant participated in an alleged conspiracy to overthrow the government in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prosecutors also accused him of running several opposition Telegram channels, including now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hajun had monitored military activity in Belarus before seizing operations in February 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hrodna court also fined Matolka 84,000 rubels (over $25,000).<\/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\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_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\">At least six trials, 26 arrests in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case &#8211; Viasna<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 11, Pozirk. At least six trials have already taken place following a Bie\u0142aruski Hajun data breach that exposed identities of opposition supporters, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Belarus\u2019 police continued to arrest people in recent months for sharing &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/146387\">\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>July 17, Pozirk. The Belarusian Supreme Court will consider Anton Matolka\u2019s appeal against sentence on August 19, human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka said on Facebook. On June 3, the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Matolka to 20 years in prison, without the defendant being present. According to prosecutors, the defendant participated in an alleged conspiracy to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":96916,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-147232","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>Supreme Court to consider exiled influencer\u2019s appeal against sentence | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 17, Pozirk. 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