{"id":3557,"date":"2023-09-01T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=3557"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"justice-ministry-disbars-defense-attorney-who-defended-students-expelled-for-politics","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 1,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The qualification commission said both lawyers cannot perform their professional duties citing their expulsion from territorial bar associations for offences &#8220;incompatible with the title of lawyer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Cha\u0142upka defended students expelled from universities over protests. She was involved in at least five such trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Systematic pressure on lawyers in Belarus started after the 2020 presidential election. Authorities took control of the bar, while dozens of lawyers lost their licenses for political reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government tightened its control over the bar, requiring lawyers to work in legal consultancy offices approved by the ministry. Some lawyers have faced criminal charges or fled the country while others were sentenced to prison terms in politically-motivated cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka had said the bar should act \u201cbased on the norms of law, not on some made-up norms like freedom of speech and other freedoms.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 1,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka. The qualification commission said both lawyers cannot perform their professional duties citing their expulsion from territorial bar associations for offences &#8220;incompatible with the title of lawyer.&#8221; In 2020, Cha\u0142upka defended students expelled from universities over protests. She was involved in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-3557","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 1,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka. The qualification commission said both\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 1,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka. The qualification commission said both\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/\"},\"headline\":\"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-01T10:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/\",\"name\":\"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-01T10:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"September 1,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka. The qualification commission said both\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics | Pozirk","description":"September 1,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka. The qualification commission said both","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics | Pozirk","og_description":"September 1,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka. The qualification commission said both","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/"},"headline":"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics","datePublished":"2023-09-01T10:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/"},"wordCount":169,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/","name":"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-01T10:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","description":"September 1,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The justice ministry has announced its decision to disbar Ja\u016dhien La\u016dkovi\u010d and Alena Cha\u0142upka. The qualification commission said both","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3557\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Justice ministry disbars defense attorney who defended students expelled for politics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/3557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}