{"id":156238,"date":"2025-09-19T11:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156238\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-2020-protester-given-restricted-freedom-term","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156238\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: 2020 protester given restricted freedom term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 19, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 18, with a restricted freedom term in home confinement on protest-related charges for Maryna Rapaviec, a vocal teacher at the Belarusian State University, Na\u0161a Niva <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four days ago, the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) designated the BEROC think tank as an extremist group, according to the interior ministry\u2019s website. It named Pavie\u0142 Danejka, D\u017amitryj Kruk, Kaciaryna Barnukova, Anastasija \u0141uzhina, Radzivon Maroza\u016d and Aleh Mazol as members and blacklisted BEROC\u2019s social media pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials and law enforcers have been harassing unemployed people in the Homiel region by visiting their homes, Pozirk <\/em>reported. This group also includes families of exiled regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPs received a new bill authorizing the transport ministry to collect personal data of people who purchase tickets for international bus routes, zerkalo.io <\/em>reported. The move would enable law enforcers to have direct access to the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of September 19, human rights defenders identified at least 1,184 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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