{"id":157654,"date":"2025-09-29T14:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"rights-activists-confirm-detention-of-78-people-in-bielaruski-hajun-case","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157654\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights activists confirm detention of 78 people in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 29, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>At least 78 people have been arrested over alleged communications with the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring project, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It underscored that human rights defenders \u201cfully confirmed and verified\u201d 78 instances of repression in the case; however, the actual number of detainees was \u201csignificantly higher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Bie\u0142aruski Hajun monitored military activity in Belarus. The project folded on February 7, soon after unknown individuals gained access to its chatbot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder Anton Matolka urged his sources to flee Belarus after he discovered the data breach, blaming it on a human error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <em>Flagshtok <\/em>news website, more than 250 arrests might have been made as part of the case in the Homiel region alone.<\/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\/07\/motolko-tut.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motolko-tut.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motolko-tut.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motolko-tut.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motolko-tut.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motolko-tut.by-1128.jpg 1128w\" 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\">Interior ministry brands exiled activist as extremist<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 26, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has added 33 people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d According to the update, some of them are serving sentences. These are Siarhiej Kvakin, Vital Kaleda, Valer Papko\u016d, Andrej Niechviadovi\u010d, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/157340\">\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>September 29, Pozirk. At least 78 people have been arrested over alleged communications with the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring project, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. It underscored that human rights defenders \u201cfully confirmed and verified\u201d 78 instances of repression in the case; however, the actual number of detainees was \u201csignificantly higher.\u201d Founded after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":125013,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-157654","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>Rights activists confirm detention of 78 people in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 29, Pozirk. 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