{"id":194102,"date":"2026-07-01T11:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194102\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:47:17","slug":"update-on-arrests-pressure-on-dissidents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194102\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, pressure on dissidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Sources in Belarus reported several new arrests on June 30, while authorities continued auctioning off property of exiled regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> recap of what was reported yesterday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bohdan Gerish, a Ukrainian, has been held at the Hrodna pre-trial detention center since May 6, after Belarusian authorities arrested him while he was attempting to leave the country, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. The reasons for his arrest remain unknown.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Police arrested several people during a private music rave near Sto\u016dbcy, Minsk region, late on June 21. They were jailed for up to 15 days, <em>Belsat<\/em> reported.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities put up for auction a stake in an office building in Minsk that appears to have been seized from former designated political prisoner Vadzim D\u017amitronak, <em>zerkalo.io<\/em> said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities are also auctioning off a car seized from Arkad\u017a Kaj\u010durenka sentenced to five years in prison after returning to Belarus from abroad, Pravo Imeyut reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journalist Dzianis Iva\u0161yn, serving a 13-year prison term in a politically-motivated case, was transferred to Mahilo\u016d Penal Colony No 15, the Belarusian Association of Journalists said.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new annual report by the World Organization Against Torture labelled Belarus as a country whose residents face a \u201cvery high risk\u201d of torture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rights groups added 12 new names to their list of political prisoners yesterday, with the total number rising to 863. However, the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus ranked \u201cvery high risk\u201d country for torture<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 30, Pozirk. The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)\u2019s new annual report labels Belarus as a country whose residents face a \u201cvery high risk\u201d of torture. Torture and ill-treatment in Belarus \u201cremain widespread, systematic and state-sanctioned,\u201d says the Belarus country &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/194016\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 1, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported several new arrests on June 30, while authorities continued auctioning off property of exiled regime critics. 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