{"id":195575,"date":"2026-07-14T11:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195575\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:07:01","slug":"harassment-of-catholic-priests-closures-of-national-themed-shops-reported-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195575\/","title":{"rendered":"Harassment of Catholic priests, closures of national-themed shops reported in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Sources reported new attacks on dissidents, Catholic priests and national renaissance activists in Belarus between July 11 and 13, including what appears to be forced closures of shops selling Belarusian-themed goods. Here\u2019s the recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three shops that sold Belarusian-themed goods \u2013 Rahna, LSTR and Honar \u2013announced closure over the last few days.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catholic priest Juryj Hrycko, arrested a few days ago in Dziare\u010dyn, Hrodna region, was jailed for 15 days, Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reported. The charges are unknown.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities opened a new extremism case against exiled journalist Pavie\u0142 Ma\u017eejka, deported from Belarus in September 2025, Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities auctioned off three icons seized from Catholic priest Hienrych Aka\u0142atovi\u010d, who is currently in exile, <em>Zerkalo<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viciebsk district police prohibited villagers from holding their summer Kupalle festival in the village of Lachoci, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law enforcers visited exiled writer Sa\u0161a Filipienka\u2019s home in Belarus to ask his family about his studies at Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), blacklisted as an \u201cextremist\u201d organization earlier this year, <em>Belsat<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human rights defenders declared seven more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 860.<\/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=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grycko-ksiadz-gr-pravaabarona-354x217.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grycko-ksiadz-gr-pravaabarona-354x217.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grycko-ksiadz-gr-pravaabarona-734x449.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grycko-ksiadz-gr-pravaabarona-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grycko-ksiadz-gr-pravaabarona.jpg 1234w\" 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\">Catholic priest jailed for 15 days<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 13, Pozirk. Catholic priest Juryj Hrycko, arrested a few days ago in Dziare\u010dyn, Hrodna region, was jailed for 15 days, Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reports. Rights defenders do not know what charges he faced. Before the arrest, about 10 clergy members &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/195521\">\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 14, Pozirk. Sources reported new attacks on dissidents, Catholic priests and national renaissance activists in Belarus between July 11 and 13, including what appears to be forced closures of shops selling Belarusian-themed goods. 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