{"id":188509,"date":"2026-05-21T18:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188509\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:48:57","slug":"rights-defenders-report-mass-police-raid-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188509\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights defenders report mass police raid in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Investigative Committee)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian law enforcers are conducting multiple searches across Minsk today, targeting, among others, exiled activists&#8217; homes, the Viasna human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minsk apartment of human rights activist and former political prisoner U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d was among them. Belarusian authorities reportedly filed new criminal charges against him over his public activities since his release. The search was authorized by the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141abkovi\u010d, one of Viasna\u2019s leaders, was released in December 2025 following Aalksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s deal with Washington. He was forced to leave Belarus.<\/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\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press.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\">Flagshtok reports police raids, blackmail targeting employees\u2019 families<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 20, Pozirk. Belarusian police searched the homes of the parents of two people linked to the Flagshtok regional media outlet from Homiel yesterday, its Telegram channel reports. One of the officers conducting the searches from the interior ministry&#039;s organized &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/188270\">\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>May 21, Pozirk. Belarusian law enforcers are conducting multiple searches across Minsk today, targeting, among others, exiled activists&#8217; homes, the Viasna human Rights Center reports. The Minsk apartment of human rights activist and former political prisoner U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d was among them. Belarusian authorities reportedly filed new criminal charges against him over his public activities since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":149629,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-188509","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rights defenders report mass police raid in Minsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 21, Pozirk. 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