{"id":201349,"date":"2026-08-26T18:47:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201349\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T18:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:47:07","slug":"investigative-committee-files-criminal-charges-against-exiled-rock-musician","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201349\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigative Committee files criminal charges against exiled rock musician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 26, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian investigators filed criminal charges under special proceedings against exiled rock musician Vadzim Dubojski and Belarusian expat Alaksandar \u015avirski, the Investigative Committee says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charges against \u015avirski include financing terrorist activities and inciting hatred.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubojski, a punk rock guitarist, was arrested and beaten in a detention center in Brest in August 2020. Later, after the musician documented his injuries, authorities accused him of rioting. Dubojski fled to Russia in late 2020 fearing politically-motivated persecution in Belarus but Russian authorities arrested him a few months later at Belarus\u2019 request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2021, the First Moscow Court of Appeals rejected Dubojski\u2019s appeal against his extradition. A day before the hearing, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia not to deport him to Belarus. Russian authorities released him, and he left the country in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian authorities routinely use special proceedings to prosecute exiled political opponents. The procedure also allows officials to seize property belonging to people convicted in absentia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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