{"id":165762,"date":"2025-11-26T15:26:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165762\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lawyer-questions-legality-of-opposition-politician-statkievics-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165762\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer questions legality of opposition politician Statkievi\u010d\u2019s imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_belsat_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_belsat_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_belsat_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_belsat_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_belsat_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_belsat_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belsat)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> \u015aviat\u0142ana Ha\u0142a\u016dnijova, a lawyer with the Viasna Human Rights Center, has questioned the legality of the continued incarceration of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, who was pardoned on September 11 but returned to prison after refusing forced deportation to Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She argued that legislation does not provide for the annulment of a pardon unless the person commits a new crime during the sentence that was terminated by the pardon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the politician had been pardoned and then taken back into custody, the interior ministry stated that Statkievi\u010d \u201cis serving his sentence in accordance with the ruling of December 14, 2021,\u201d the lawyer noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that the government has not published the edict on pardons for the group of 52 political prisoners that included Statkievi\u010d. The other prisoners were transported to Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statkievi\u010d was initially arrested shortly before the 2020 presidential election and later sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges widely regarded as politically motivated. In 2022, Belarusian authorities designated him an \u201cextremist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN officials have repeatedly contacted Minsk regarding the alleged ill-treatment of the politician in custody, including incommunicado detention, and \u201cthe devastating effect of this ill-treatment on his health due to his advanced age.\u201d<\/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\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs.jpg 719w\" 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\">Opposition politician Statkievi\u010d continues serving 14 years in prison<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November, 25, Pozirk. The interior ministry informed family members of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, who refused to leave Belarus after being pardoned on September 11, that he is serving his original 14-year prison sentence. Statkievi\u010d\u2019s relatives received this response following &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/165514\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 26, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Ha\u0142a\u016dnijova, a lawyer with the Viasna Human Rights Center, has questioned the legality of the continued incarceration of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, who was pardoned on September 11 but returned to prison after refusing forced deportation to Lithuania. She argued that legislation does not provide for the annulment of a pardon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":66025,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-165762","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>Lawyer questions legality of opposition politician Statkievi\u010d\u2019s imprisonment | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 26, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Ha\u0142a\u016dnijova, a lawyer with the Viasna Human Rights Center, has questioned the legality of the continued incarceration of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165762\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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