{"id":159263,"date":"2025-10-09T11:44:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159263\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-exiled-activists-jailed-politicians-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159263\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: exiled activists, jailed politicians under pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 9, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk<\/strong>.<\/em> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 8 with a criminal case against four members of the Honest People initiative forwarded to court, the Vitebsk region&#8217;s prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative has been deemed extremist in Belarus since 2022. The Viciebsk Regional Court will try exiled Alena \u017dy\u0142a\u010dkina (\u017dyvah\u0142od), Zaryna Sarokina, Aleh Davyd\u010dyk and Cimafiej Ma\u0142acho\u016dski without them being present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are auctioning 19 paintings from Viktar Babaryka\u2019s private collection worth 344,000 rubels (about $114,000), according to<em> e-auction.by<\/em>. Banker-turned-politician is now serving a lengthy prison term on charges widely seen as politically motivated. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jailed anarchist activist Ihar Alinievi\u010d was transferred to Penal Colony No 20 in Mazyr, Homiel region, and placed in a punishment cell, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. He was given 20 years in prison in a politically-motivated case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special government commission set up two years ago to handle requests from political emigrants for return to Belarus has allowed 30 people to come back to Belarus since early 2023, Deputy Prosecutor General Alaksiej Stuk told the\u00a0<em>Pervy Informatsionny<\/em>\u00a0television network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups added 12 new names to the list of political prisoners yesterday. All face charges of violent disorder and rioting, likely in connection with the 2020 postelection protests, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of October 9, human rights defenders identified at least 1,205 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=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Rights defenders identify 12 more political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 8, Pozirk. The Viasna Human Rights Center has announced designating 12 more people as political prisoners. The additions include individuals charged with or detained on suspicion of violent disorder, likely in connection with the 2020 postelection protests: Alaksandar Rudko\u016dski, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/159175\">\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 9, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 8 with a criminal case against four members of the Honest People initiative forwarded to court, the Vitebsk region&#8217;s prosecutors said. The initiative has been deemed extremist in Belarus since 2022. The Viciebsk Regional Court will try exiled Alena \u017dy\u0142a\u010dkina (\u017dyvah\u0142od), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-159263","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>Reprisals: exiled activists, jailed politicians under pressure | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 9, Pozirk. 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