{"id":43510,"date":"2022-08-28T18:43:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T15:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/opposition-leaders-husband-placed-in-punishment-cell\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"opposition-leaders-husband-placed-in-punishment-cell","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43510\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader&#8217;s husband placed in punishment cell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>August 28, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Former presidential hopeful and video blogger Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski has been placed in a punishment cell after his transfer to a prison in \u017dodzina, Minsk region, his wife, Belarusian opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, reported in her Telegram channel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> She noted that her husband is deprived of correspondence and cannot receive parcels. He also cannot &#8220;use his belongings, is forced to sleep on bare boards without a mattress or bed linen, and is forbidden to purchase food and basic necessities.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> In December 2021, the popular video blogger was sentenced to 18 years in a reinforced regime colony. In August 2022, a court in Mahilo\u016d ruled to transfer him to a prison for the next three years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> The defendants in the Cichano\u016dski case were accused of multiple crimes, such as organizing mass riots, inciting social hatred and discord and obstructing the work of the central election commission.<\/p>\n<p> In June 2022, the Committee for the State Security (KGB) added Cichano\u016dski to the list of persons involved in \u201cterrorist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Human rights defenders say his persecution is politically motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 28, BPN. Former presidential hopeful and video blogger Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski has been placed in a punishment cell after his transfer to a prison in \u017dodzina, Minsk region, his wife, Belarusian opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, reported in her Telegram channel.&nbsp; She noted that her husband is deprived of correspondence and cannot receive parcels. He also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43510","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>Opposition leader&#039;s husband placed in punishment cell | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 28, BPN. 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