{"id":147241,"date":"2025-07-17T20:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147241\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"viasna-reports-massive-crackdown-on-protesters-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147241\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna reports massive crackdown on protesters in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 17, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Hundreds of people in Minsk face criminal charges for allegedly participating in protest rallies that followed the 2020 election, the Viasna center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human rights activists said the scale of the crackdown was shocking and attributed it to the expiring statute of limitations for the violent disorder charge. The center added that police also filed cases under a Criminal Code article against mass riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 8, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported mass arrests under Article 342, which bans violent disorder. \u201cOfficers tell people that the arrests have been linked to a Polish documentary about protests, which featured unblurred faces of protesters,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/145607\/\">Rights activists report spike in prosecutions over 2020 protests<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/146082\/\">Statute of limitations offers no safety to protesters, lawyer says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, Pozirk. Hundreds of people in Minsk face criminal charges for allegedly participating in protest rallies that followed the 2020 election, the Viasna center reported. The human rights activists said the scale of the crackdown was shocking and attributed it to the expiring statute of limitations for the violent disorder charge. The center added [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":53164,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-147241","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>Viasna reports massive crackdown on protesters in Minsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 17, Pozirk. 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