{"id":152707,"date":"2025-08-27T11:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152707\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-trial-in-absentia-targets-wargaming-co-founder","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152707\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: trial in absentia targets Wargaming co-founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 27,<em> Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Yesterday, the Minsk City Court opened the trial of Mika\u0142aj Kaca\u0142apa\u016d, a former top manager at the Wargaming game development company, without the defendant being present, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is accused of extremism and terrorism financing in connection with alleged donations to opposition and Ukraine-support initiatives. Two years ago, the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) blacklisted him as a \u201cterrorist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on August 26 included political prisoner designations for journalists Aleh Supruniuk and Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, <em>Pozirk <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry updated its extremist content register with several new entries, including <em>rizzzal_666<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>dobrovolski_kult<\/em> and <em>free_belarus_sf<\/em> on Instagram as well as <em>Taki \u0141ukavy<\/em>, <em>patryjot dla naroda<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>da_voli_by<\/em> and&nbsp;<em>Rizzzal <\/em>on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius-based European Humanities University urged students from Belarus to be careful online after Minsk branded its social media accounts as extremist content, <em>Pozirk <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of August 27, human rights defenders identified at least 1,193 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025.jpg 596w\" 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\">Journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski at KGB detention center<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 26, Pozirk. Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, a journalist recognized as a political prisoner by the human rights community, is being held in the Committee for State Security (KGB) detention center. Dabravolski was arrested on January 22, ten days after his 35th &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152665\">\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 27, Pozirk. Yesterday, the Minsk City Court opened the trial of Mika\u0142aj Kaca\u0142apa\u016d, a former top manager at the Wargaming game development company, without the defendant being present, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. He is accused of extremism and terrorism financing in connection with alleged donations to opposition and Ukraine-support initiatives. 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