{"id":186834,"date":"2026-05-08T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186834\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:50:10","slug":"narodnaja-hramada-activist-given-lengthy-prison-term-in-high-treason-case","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186834\/","title":{"rendered":"Narodnaja Hramada activist given lengthy prison term in high treason case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 8, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A judge in Mahilo\u016d has sentenced Mika\u0142aj Vitko\u016dski, 58, from Naro\u016dla in the Homiel region, to 10 years in prison on charges of high treason following a closed-door trial, the Homiel branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities did not disclose any further details of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitko\u016dski is known as a civil society activist and a member of the outlawed Narodnaja Hramada party. He disappeared from his home in Naro\u016dla last September, and only in November was it confirmed that he was held at Prison No 4 in Mahilo\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rights groups consider his persecution to be politically motivated, while the proceedings against him were marked by \u201cgross violations of the right to a fair trial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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