{"id":186303,"date":"2026-05-05T11:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186303\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:27:06","slug":"arrests-trials-extremist-designations-reported-on-may-1-4","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186303\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrests, trials, extremist designations reported on May 1-4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Politically-motivated arrests, trials, extremist designations and other incidents of political persecution were reported in Belarus from May 1 to 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the recap of developments in these four days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Police arrested Volha Muskaja and Valeryj Krasnahir in Minsk. Friends have been unable to reach them since April 30, Chryscijanskaja Vizija reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U\u0142adzimir Kniha, regarded as a political prisoner by human rights defenders, is to stand trial on May 20 to answer charges of disobedience to the penal colony administration and may face additional time in prison if convicted. He was sentenced to four years in 2020, but had his term extended twice already on disobedience charges, <em>Strana dlia Zhizni<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hrodna Regional Court will put Michail Kucko, a former police officer, on trial on May 18 without the defendant being present. Kucko is accused of high treason, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minsk designated the Swedish International Liberal Center as an \u201cextremist\u201d organization, according to the Supreme Court.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mikita Jemialjana\u016d, an anarchist activist and designated political prisoner, is free after serving his six-and-a-half-year prison term, Viasna reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volha \u010cukarava, a designated \u201cterrorist\u201d and \u201cextremist\u201d serving a four-year term, was released after suffering a stroke, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mazyr-based human rights defender U\u0142adzimir Cielapun, arrested on April 10, is accused of facilitating extremism and defaming the head of state, Viasna reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minsk-based karaoke clubs slightly eased censorship, allowing visitors to sing some songs by Russian bands Zveri, Gradusy and Kino. Kino\u2019s hit <em>Peremen<\/em> (We want change) is still banned, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three Polish Catholic priests have been denied permission to continue religious services in the Viciebsk diocese, Chryscianskaja Vizija reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The overall number of political prisoners dropped to 835 on May 4 as some inmates completed their sentences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/2026\/05\/emelyanov_dissident_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emelyanov_dissident_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emelyanov_dissident_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emelyanov_dissident_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emelyanov_dissident_by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emelyanov_dissident_by.jpg 960w\" 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\">Activist Jemialjana\u016d released from prison after serving full term<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 4, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities have released Mikita Jemialjana\u016d, an anarchist activist and designated political prisoner, after he had served in full the six-and-a-half-year prison term, Dissedentby reports. Of the 2,386 days in custody, he spent more than 648 days &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/186212\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 5, Pozirk. Politically-motivated arrests, trials, extremist designations and other incidents of political persecution were reported in Belarus from May 1 to 4. 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