{"id":160569,"date":"2025-10-18T15:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160569\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"reprisals-arrests-interrogations-at-belarusian-border-continue","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160569\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: arrests, interrogations at Belarusian border continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian activists and authorities reported new cases of political reprisals yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Viasna center, phone checks, interrogations and detentions at the Belarusian border checkpoints continue. One of these days, a woman was removed from a passenger bus coming from Poland and arrested right at the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 106 people were arrested as part of the investigation into the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring group. The actual number of detainees is much higher, and detentions continue throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Anarchist Black Cross, Alaksandar Ka\u017alanka, an anarchist political prisoner sentenced to 7.5 years, had his sentence extended by 18 months for allegedly disobeying prison authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em>, Anatol Volski, a 35-year-old DJ from M\u015bcis\u0142a\u016d, was sentenced to an unknown term for allegedly supporting extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian interior ministry added 23 people to the extremist list, including Maryna Pietra\u017eyckaja, who was declared a political prisoner in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities declared two fantasy novels by Belarusian writer Valery Hapieje\u016d as extremist. They also banned a book by US historian Douglas E. Nash featuring WWII-era photos from eastern Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the office of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, Mika\u0142aj Kaz\u0142o\u016d fled Belarus. The chairman of the outlawed United Civic Party (UCP) will hold an online news conference on October 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of October 18, human rights defenders identified at least 1,235 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=\"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\"> 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\">Reprisals: new political prisoner designations, censorship, special probe<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 16, Pozirk. Belarusian activists and authorities reported new cases of political reprisals today. According to the Viasna center, eight people were designated as political prisoners. They are Maksim Hielasin, Siarhiej Piatkievi\u010d, Andrej Niechviadovi\u010d, Albert \u0160y\u0142a, Alaksandar Stara\u015bcin, Alaksiej Razvado\u016dski, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/160363\">\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 18, Pozirk. Belarusian activists and authorities reported new cases of political reprisals yesterday. According to the Viasna center, phone checks, interrogations and detentions at the Belarusian border checkpoints continue. One of these days, a woman was removed from a passenger bus coming from Poland and arrested right at the border. At least 106 people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-160569","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: arrests, interrogations at Belarusian border continue | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 18, Pozirk. Belarusian activists and authorities reported new cases of political reprisals yesterday. 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