{"id":177918,"date":"2026-03-03T16:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177918\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"activists-report-183-confirmed-arrests-over-links-to-bielaruski-hajun","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177918\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists report 183 confirmed arrests over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Activists have confirmed 183 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 March 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of detainees 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 put 155 individuals on its \u201clist of extremists,\u201d most of them charged in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case.<\/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: two Minsk women convicted of extremism<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 3, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court found Michalina Vitalenia and Karyna Kucko guilty of facilitating extremist activities, Na\u0161a Niva reported. Vitalenia was likely given a restricted freedom term. Kucko was persecuted for corresponding with the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun project &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/177850\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 3, Pozirk. Activists have confirmed 183 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 March 3. The total number of detainees is significantly higher, the group added, noting that arrests and trials are still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":125013,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-177918","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Activists report 183 confirmed arrests over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 3, Pozirk. 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