{"id":192166,"date":"2026-06-17T11:21:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192166\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:21:44","slug":"sources-report-new-arrest-other-instances-of-repression-on-june-16","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192166\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources report new arrest, other instances of repression on June 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Sources in Belarus reported a new arrest, digital censorship and other incidents of repression on June 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> recap of what was reported on that day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The interior ministry designated \u010cyn\u010cyn\u010canel, a satirical YouTube show created by former Kupa\u0142a\u016dski Theater actors, as an extremist group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry expanded the list of \u201cextremist\u201d content by adding the Facebook accounts of prominent exiled Belarusians and <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarus\u2019 security forces arrested Andrej Siarhieje\u016d for allegedly volunteering to fight alongside the Ukrainian Armed Forces, <em>ONT<\/em> and <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported. His wife was also arrested.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dzianis Marusievi\u010d, a former activist who spent four years in prison for taking part in peaceful protests, has moved from Belarus to Warsaw, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Investigative Committee forwarded to court a criminal case against five Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment volunteers \u2013 Mika\u0142aj Bojka, Juryj Makita\u016d, Natalla Nikicina, Kry\u015bcina Stankievi\u010d and Michai\u0142 \u010cyprynski. The regiment is fighting alongside the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of documented political prisoners decreased from 853 on June 15 to 847 on June 16 after 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\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna.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\">Belarus convicts 129 people of high treason since 2020 \u2013 Viasna<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 16, Pozirk. Belarusian judges have convicted at least 129 people, including 16 women and six families, on high treason since the 2020 political crisis that sparked politically-motivated reprisals that continue unabated, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. The most &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/192104\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 17, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported a new arrest, digital censorship and other incidents of repression on June 16. 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