{"id":149834,"date":"2025-08-06T16:31:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149834\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"officers-raid-homes-ahead-of-warsaw-rally","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149834\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Belarus raid homes ahead of Warsaw rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Law enforcement agencies in Belarus are searching the homes of people who participated in rallies abroad earlier this year, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Investigative Committee announced identifying more than 200 people who took part in the Freedom Day celebrations in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, Canada and the United Kingdom five months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights activists called on Belarusians to take safety measures, remove \u201cdangerous photos\u201d from their phones and report any instances of political persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the Investigative Committee also opened cases against Freedom Day protesters, accusing them of extremism and discrediting Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 9\u201310, the opposition plans to hold the New Belarus conference and the Freedom March in Warsaw to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2020 disputed presidential election. Telegram channels associated with the Belarusian interior ministry posted threats against the potential protesters.<\/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\/08\/sk-pogony-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Elections<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Elections, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk threatens opposition march participants with criminal prosecution<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 5,&nbsp;Pozirk. The Investigative Committee in Minsk has warned Belarusians against taking part in opposition-organized events abroad, days before a high-profile conference and a march in Warsaw marking the fifth anniversary of the 2020 disputed presidential election. The Committee said &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/149635\">\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>August 6, Pozirk. Law enforcement agencies in Belarus are searching the homes of people who participated in rallies abroad earlier this year, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Earlier, the Investigative Committee announced identifying more than 200 people who took part in the Freedom Day celebrations in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, Canada and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":49661,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-149834","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>Police in Belarus raid homes ahead of Warsaw rally | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 6, Pozirk. 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