{"id":43507,"date":"2022-08-28T15:39:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T12:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/round-up-of-political-persecution-for-august-27\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"round-up-of-political-persecution-for-august-27","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43507\/","title":{"rendered":"Round-up of political persecution for August 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>August 28, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> New politically-motivated arrests were reported on August 27 in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> Michai\u0142 Jurynk, 20, a soccer fan from Minsk, was arrested for a tattoo with an anti-police slogan deemed &#8220;extremist,&#8221; the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> In Brest, the police arrested a man for allegedly threatening police officers and their families before the 2020 presidential election. Pro-government Telegram channels posted a video where he admits to participating in protests and leaving negative comments about a policeman online. He faces criminal charges of insulting a public official and inciting hatred.<\/p>\n<p> Release<\/p>\n<p> A Minsk resident Alaksandr Zacharevi\u010d, 31, whom human rights groups declared a political prisoner, has served his full sentence of two years in prison and was released. He was arrested in November 2020 at a protest rally and charged with violence against a police officer for stepping on the foot of a traffic policeman.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Extremist&#8221; group status&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> On August 11, the Committee for the State Security (KGB) declared ZOLAK Telegram chat and channel with 458 subscribers an &#8220;extremist&#8221; group. The chat no longer exists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> As of August 27, a total of 1,309 people were imprisoned on politically-motivated charges in Belarus. political persecution for August 27<\/p>\n<p> August 28, BPN. New politically-motivated arrests were reported on August 27 in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> Michai\u0142 Jurynk, 20, a soccer fan from Minsk, was arrested for a tattoo with an anti-police slogan deemed &#8220;extremist,&#8221; the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> In Brest, the police arrested a man for allegedly threatening police officers and their families before the 2020 presidential election. Pro-government Telegram channels posted a video where he admits to participating in protests and leaving negative comments about a policeman online. He faces criminal charges of insulting a public official and inciting hatred.<\/p>\n<p> Release<\/p>\n<p> A Minsk resident Alaksandr Zacharevi\u010d, 31, whom human rights groups declared a political prisoner, has served his full sentence of two years in prison and was released. He was arrested in November 2020 at a protest rally and charged with violence against a police officer for stepping on the foot of a traffic policeman.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Extremist&#8221; group status&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> On August 11, the Committee for the State Security (KGB) declared ZOLAK Telegram chat and channel with 458 subscribers an &#8220;extremist&#8221; group. The chat no longer exists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> As of August 27, a total of 1,309 people were imprisoned on politically-motivated charges in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 28, BPN. New politically-motivated arrests were reported on August 27 in Belarus. Michai\u0142 Jurynk, 20, a soccer fan from Minsk, was arrested for a tattoo with an anti-police slogan deemed &#8220;extremist,&#8221; the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.&nbsp; In Brest, the police arrested a man for allegedly threatening police officers and their families before the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43507","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>Round-up of political persecution for August 27 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 28, BPN. New politically-motivated arrests were reported on August 27 in Belarus. 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