{"id":148522,"date":"2025-07-28T16:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148522\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"bielaruski-hajun-arrests-surpass-30-right-activists-estimate","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148522\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142aruski Hajun arrests surpass 30, right activists estimate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarus continues to arrest people suspected of sharing information with the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring project, Viasna reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the human rights center, at least 33 people were taken into custody, and at least six stood trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said most of the defendants were men; authorities opened extremism cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Bie\u0142aruski Hajun monitored military activity in Belarus. The project folded on February 7, soon after unknown individuals gained access to its chatbot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder Anton Matolka urged his sources to flee Belarus after he discovered the data breach, blaming it on a human error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Matolka in absentia to 20 years in prison for \u201cintentional crimes of an extremist nature.\u201d<\/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\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol.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\">Brother of jailed journalist \u0141osik rescued from Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 22, Pozirk. The BySol Solidarity Foundation reported on social media that Mikita \u0141osik, the brother of jailed journalist Ihar \u0141osik, has been evacuated from Belarus before he was taken to a correctional facility to serve his sentence. The foundation &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/147730\">\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 28, Pozirk. Belarus continues to arrest people suspected of sharing information with the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring project, Viasna reported. According to the human rights center, at least 33 people were taken into custody, and at least six stood trial. It said most of the defendants were men; authorities opened extremism cases. 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