{"id":179682,"date":"2026-03-17T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179682\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:26:42","slug":"reprisals-new-criminal-case-targets-exiled-singer-laucuk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179682\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: new criminal case targets exiled singer La\u016d\u010duk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 17,<em> Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus from March 14 to 16 as officials filed another criminal case against Ukraine-based opera singer Marharyta La\u016d\u010duk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is likely linked to allegedly insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, La\u016d\u010duk said on Instagram. Earlier, she was given six years in a Belarusian prison without being present at the trial over her participation in a satirical YouTube show that was blacklisted in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blogger Ivan Maroza\u016d had served his full second sentence of two and a half years in prison for allegedly insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported. Earlier, he had served 18 months in prison linked to his participation in the 2020 postelection protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry announced extremism content designations for Instagram and Threads pages by the Human Rights House Foundation; <em>luka_stickers<\/em> and <em>prismatica.belarus<\/em> on Instagram, <em>Zhyve Belarus <\/em>Telegram stickers, <em>Pravyi Ugol <\/em>on Telegram and <em>sponge_politik<\/em> on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian judges branded 97 online pages as extremist content, of which 62 have been blocked, the state-run <em>STV <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The Investigative Committee described the activities of exiled influencer Kaciaryna Vadanosava as \u201cideological subversion disguised as educational lectures,\u201d accusing her of links with blacklisted opposition groups and rehabilitating Nazism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some former designated political prisoners who have been taken out of Belarus started receiving summonses from the military enlistment offices, ordering them to return to the country to perform military service, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists from the ProEvac initiative said they were able to help a doctor, who was facing politically motivated charges in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case, leave Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of March 17, human rights defenders identified at least 1,138 political prisoners, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\/04\/tihanovskaja_usa_opk_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tihanovskaja_usa_opk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tihanovskaja_usa_opk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tihanovskaja_usa_opk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tihanovskaja_usa_opk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tihanovskaja_usa_opk_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\">Cichano\u016dskaja commends Trump administration\u2019s efforts to free jailed dissidents<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 16, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has praised the efforts by US President Donald Trump and John Coale, US special envoy for Belarus, to secure the release of jailed Belarusian dissidents. \u201cAs I said before, the United States &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179512\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 17, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus from March 14 to 16 as officials filed another criminal case against Ukraine-based opera singer Marharyta La\u016d\u010duk. The case is likely linked to allegedly insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, La\u016d\u010duk said on Instagram. 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