{"id":176084,"date":"2026-02-17T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176084\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"supreme-courts-upholds-prison-sentences-for-four-bysol-couriers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176084\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Courts upholds prison sentences for four BySol couriers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 Supreme Court has upheld prison sentences for four Minsk residents convicted of involvement in activities of BySol, an initiative labeled by authorities an extremist group for raising funds for assistance to victims of political persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two men were sentenced to three years in prison and the other two individuals, to three years, under Part 3 of Article 361-1 and fined 22,500 rubels ($7,883) each. The accused worked as BySol couriers delivering funds to recipients, according to the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the accused pleaded guilty, while the two others, not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BySol raised more than \u20ac1.25 million last year for assistance to Belarusians in need, including volunteers fighting alongside the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia.<\/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\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_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\">More than \u20ac250,000 raised for Belarus\u2019 released prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 15,\u00a0Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has raised within 77 hours \u20ac250,000 in donations for assistance for more than a hundred Belarusian political prisoners freed on December 13 and deported to Ukraine and Lithuania. \u00a0 The Belarusian ruler released 123 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168329\">\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 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Supreme Court has upheld prison sentences for four Minsk residents convicted of involvement in activities of BySol, an initiative labeled by authorities an extremist group for raising funds for assistance to victims of political persecution. 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