{"id":149019,"date":"2025-07-31T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"minsk-based-artist-salapina-charged-with-facilitating-extremism","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149019\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk-based artist \u0160alapina charged with facilitating extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 31, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Police in Minsk have charged Aksana \u0160alapina, an artist arrested several days ago, with facilitating extremism, Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported. The charge carries a prison sentence of up to seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other instances of politically-motivated persecution documented on July 29 and 30 include \u201cextremist group\u201d designation for Belaruskicry, a famous jewelry brand known for its Belarus-themed items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, a Latvian man returned home after spending three days in jail in Belarus for possessing \u201cextremist\u201d content on his phone, chayka.lv reported. The man was also ordered to pay a fine on his next visit to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Hrodna, the regional court on July 28 sentenced Andrej Zanie\u016dski, a resident of Va\u016dkavysk, to 11 years in prison without the defendant being present after finding him guilty of high treason, the Viasna Human Rights Group reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viasna and other human rights organizations on July 29 and 30 recognized 19 people as political prisoners and 18 people as former political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 31, human rights defenders identified at least 1,183 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher due to many undocumented cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent decrease in documented cases is attributed to the Supreme Court blocking access to its electronic schedule of trials and database of rulings since early April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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