{"id":154006,"date":"2025-09-05T16:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154006\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-politician-sues-ex-lawyer-accusing-him-of-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154006\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician sues ex-lawyer accusing him of sexual harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 5,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, a Warsaw-based Belarusian opposition politician, has filed a libel suit against Volha Karpu\u0161onak, a former Belarusian lawyer accusing him of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician wants Karpu\u0161onak, a member of the opposition Coordination Council, to post an apology on Facebook and also seeks a restraint order against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karpu\u0161onak\u2019s whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition leaders suspect that Belarus\u2019 secret services are behind the recent wave of sexual harassment allegations against high-profile figures. Several leaders have been suspended in the last two months pending internal investigations.<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Coordination Council suspends member\u2019s access to documents over suspicious activity<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 4, Pozirk. The opposition Coordination Council has blocked its member Volha Karpu\u0161onak\u2019s access to its documents over suspicious activity. Karpu\u0161onak made headlines recently after she publicly accused prominent opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka of sexual harassment. The Coordination Council said &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/153885\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, a Warsaw-based Belarusian opposition politician, has filed a libel suit against Volha Karpu\u0161onak, a former Belarusian lawyer accusing him of sexual harassment. The politician wants Karpu\u0161onak, a member of the opposition Coordination Council, to post an apology on Facebook and also seeks a restraint order against her. Karpu\u0161onak\u2019s whereabouts are unknown. Opposition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59156,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-154006","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>Opposition politician sues ex-lawyer accusing him of sexual harassment | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, a Warsaw-based Belarusian opposition politician, has filed a libel suit against Volha Karpu\u0161onak, a former\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154006\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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