{"id":163904,"date":"2025-11-12T21:18:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163904\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"diplomatic-outcry-marks-anniversary-of-belarusian-activists-death","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163904\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomatic outcry marks anniversary of Belarusian activist\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 12, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Several Western diplomatic missions accredited in Belarus have shared a statement on the solemn anniversary of activist Raman Bandarenka\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFive years have passed since Raman Bandarenka lost his life in tragic circumstances. There\u2019s still no transparent investigation, no accountability. We remember Raman and urge an end to the repression that continues to target peaceful voices,\u201d reads the statement posted by the EU, UK, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish, French and Swedish embassies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the evening of November 11, 2020, Bandarenka, 31, left his home in Minsk to find out why masked men were removing white-and-red ribbons from a courtyard fence. He was brutally beaten, taken to a police station and hospitalized in a coma a few hours later. He died the following day from a severe head injury without regaining consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 18, 2021, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office stated that no law enforcement officers had been involved in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bandarenka\u2019s death sparked widespread public outrage, with protests erupting across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tut.by<\/em> journalist Kaciaryna Barysievi\u010d, who investigated the case, was sentenced to six months in prison for publishing doctors\u2019 findings from Bandarenka\u2019s medical examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaciaryna Andrejeva and Darja \u010culcova of Belsat TV<\/em> were also imprisoned for covering the protests triggered by his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 2022, the Cyberpartizans released video footage and recorded phone conversations implicating Natalla Ejsmant, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press secretary; D\u017amitryj Baska\u016d; and D\u017amitryj \u0160akuta, a professional kickboxer, in the assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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