{"id":159115,"date":"2025-10-08T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159115\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"prosecutors-forward-to-court-case-against-four-exiled-honest-people-members","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159115\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors forward to court case against four exiled Honest People members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1129\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Alena \u017dyvah\u0142od\r\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Euroradio)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Vitebsk region&#8217;s prosecutors have forwarded to court the criminal case against four members of the Honest People initiative, deemed extremist in Belarus since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors identified one of the defendants, an unnamed 34-year-old Minsk resident, as the group\u2019s head who \u201ccoordinated its criminal activities,\u201d while other defendants reportedly acted as managers, coordinators and leaders of various projects implemented from July 2020 to September 2025 in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities did not name the defendants, but in late August, exiled Alena \u017dy\u0142a\u010dkina (\u017dyvah\u0142od), Zaryna Sarokina, Aleh Davyd\u010dyk and Cimafiej Ma\u0142acho\u016dski of the Honest People were charged with association with an extremist group, inciting hatred, insulting and defaming Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, discrediting the state and calling for sanctions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the Committee for State Security (KGB) listed \u017dyvah\u0142od, Sarokina, Davyd\u010dyk and Ma\u0142acho\u016dski as members of an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honest People was launched at the start of the campaign for the 2020 presidential election. Its founders described it as \u201can open community of citizens of Belarus who are ready to take responsibility for the future of the country,\u201d aiming to build a full-fledged civil society.<\/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\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhywoglod-euroradio-1128-28.12.2023.jpg 1129w\" 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\">Four Honest People members charged in absentia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 21, Pozirk. Belarusian investigators filed a special proceedings case against exiled Alena \u017dy\u0142a\u010dkina (\u017dyvah\u0142od), Zaryna Sarokina, Aleh Davyd\u010dyk and Cimafiej Ma\u0142acho\u016dski of the Honest People initiative, the Investigative Committee reported. Charges against them include association with an extremist group, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152060\">\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>October 8, Pozirk. The Vitebsk region&#8217;s prosecutors have forwarded to court the criminal case against four members of the Honest People initiative, deemed extremist in Belarus since 2022. Prosecutors identified one of the defendants, an unnamed 34-year-old Minsk resident, as the group\u2019s head who \u201ccoordinated its criminal activities,\u201d while other defendants reportedly acted as managers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57977,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-159115","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>Prosecutors forward to court case against four exiled Honest People members | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 8, Pozirk. 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