{"id":42190,"date":"2022-05-13T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/independent-trade-union-leader-released-after-75-days-in-jail\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"independent-trade-union-leader-released-after-75-days-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/42190\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent trade union leader released after 75 days in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>May 13, <span>BPN<\/span><\/b>. Volha Brycikava, head of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union&#8217;s cell at the Naftan oil refinery in Navapolack, Viciebsk region, has been released after spending 75 days in jail for alleged administrative offenses, the union&#8217;s press office reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Brycikava was convicted five times in a row in connection with protests and has served her sentences at the detention center in U\u0161a\u010dy, Viciebsk region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Brycikava recorded a video after the 2020 presidential election to air the economic and political demands of Naftan&#8217;s employees. In March 2022, she recorded a video message in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t She was arrested on the main day of voting in the constitutional referendum on February 27 at a polling station for taking a picture of her ballot. In a separate incident, she was given 15 days in jail for wearing a &#8220;No War&#8221; jacket. She was given jail terms for anti-war signs on her apartment&#8217;s windows, an anti-war post on Instagram, and for allegedly staging an unauthorized demonstration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 13, BPN. Volha Brycikava, head of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union&#8217;s cell at the Naftan oil refinery in Navapolack, Viciebsk region, has been released after spending 75 days in jail for alleged administrative offenses, the union&#8217;s press office reported. 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