{"id":206375,"date":"2026-10-06T16:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206375\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:21:15","slug":"catholic-priest-accused-of-high-treason-on-trial-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206375\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic priest accused of high treason on trial in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/parakhnevich_katolik_life.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/parakhnevich_katolik_life.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/parakhnevich_katolik_life-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/parakhnevich_katolik_life-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/parakhnevich_katolik_life-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/parakhnevich_katolik_life-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(katolik.life)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Anatol Parachnievi\u010d, a 66-year-old priest and pastor of the parish in Alkovi\u010dy in the Minsk region\u2019s Vilejka district, is on a closed-door trial in Minsk and faces charges of high treason, <em>katolik.life<\/em> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The priest has been held in the Committee for State Security\u2019s (KGB) pretrial detention center for more than 200 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parachnievi\u010d was arrested in mid-March along with six other Christian believers, including two Evangelical church presbyters. On June 1, rights groups declared him a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the 2020 presidential election, the relationship between the state and the Catholic Church deteriorated as many priests and faithful denounced police brutality and repression. Some clerics were arrested or forced to flee the country.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.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\">Reprisals: regime critics keep facing serious charges<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 26, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported two prison sentences, a new trial and other incidents of repression on September 24 and 25. Below is&nbsp;Pozirk\u2019s&nbsp;recap of what was reported: A judge in Brest sentenced Vital Ha\u0142ava\u010d to three years in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/205341\">\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>October 6, Pozirk. Anatol Parachnievi\u010d, a 66-year-old priest and pastor of the parish in Alkovi\u010dy in the Minsk region\u2019s Vilejka district, is on a closed-door trial in Minsk and faces charges of high treason, katolik.life said. The priest has been held in the Committee for State Security\u2019s (KGB) pretrial detention center for more than 200 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":182668,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-206375","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Catholic priest accused of high treason on trial in Minsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 6, Pozirk. 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