{"id":1836,"date":"2023-08-24T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1836"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"protestant-pastor-freed-after-spending-10-days-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1836\/","title":{"rendered":"Protestant pastor freed after spending 10 days in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 24,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>Belarusian authorities have freed Protestant Pastor Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Han\u010darenka after he served 10 days in jail for allegedly&nbsp;defying police orders, the New Life church has said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His son-in-law Illa Budaj, sentenced to five days for &#8220;petty hooliganism,&#8221; was released earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<em>Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija<\/em>, a group that monitors reprisals against Christians, 20 armed men from the interior ministry&#8217;s organized crime unit raided Han\u010darenka&#8217;s house on August 14, arresting him and his daughter&#8217;s husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, media reported&nbsp;that construction workers were demolishing the church building. Han\u010darenka called the demolition a &#8220;fatal mistake&#8221; and warned those responsible of God&#8217;s vengeance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had previously denounced the police violence that followed the disputed 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 24,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Belarusian authorities have freed Protestant Pastor Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Han\u010darenka after he served 10 days in jail for allegedly&nbsp;defying police orders, the New Life church has said on Telegram. His son-in-law Illa Budaj, sentenced to five days for &#8220;petty hooliganism,&#8221; was released earlier. 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