{"id":174122,"date":"2026-02-03T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174122\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"at-least-175-confirmed-arrests-in-connection-with-bielaruski-hajun","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174122\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 175 confirmed arrests in connection with Bie\u0142aruski Hajun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Activists have confirmed 175 arrests over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun, a now-defunct online initiative that monitored Russian military activities in Belarus from 2022 to 2025, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported on 3 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of detainees in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case is significantly higher, the group added, noting that arrests and trials are still taking place across Belarus virtually every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendants reportedly face extremism-related charges, with sentences ranging from restricted freedom in home confinement to prison terms. This year, the interior ministry has placed 69 individuals to its \u201clist of extremists\u201d for \u201cfacilitating extremism,\u201d a vast majority of them charged in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case.<br>On January 19, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported that a total of 163 people were known to be accused in connection with Bie\u0142aruski Hajun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Bie\u0142aruski Hajun monitored military activity in Belarus. The project folded in February 2025, soon after unknown individuals gained access to its chatbot.<\/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\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: authorities keep using extremist labels to silence regime critics<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 3, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus from January 31 to February 2 targeted people sharing opposition content that authorities deem extremist. The interior ministry\u2019s organized crime unit held an event on extremism-related offenses at a &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/174024\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 3, Pozirk. Activists have confirmed 175 arrests over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun, a now-defunct online initiative that monitored Russian military activities in Belarus from 2022 to 2025, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported on 3 February. The total number of detainees in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case is significantly higher, the group added, noting that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":125013,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-174122","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>At least 175 confirmed arrests in connection with Bie\u0142aruski Hajun | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 3, Pozirk. 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