{"id":43521,"date":"2022-08-29T16:41:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/pr-man-on-trial-for-funding-extremism-abusing-power\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"pr-man-on-trial-for-funding-extremism-abusing-power","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43521\/","title":{"rendered":"PR man on trial for \u201cfunding extremism, abusing power\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>August 29, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The A1 telecommunications company\u2019s public relations head Mika\u0142aj Bredziele\u016d went on trial in the Minsk City Court on August 29, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n<p> The 35-year-old man is charged with financing extremist activities and abusing power.<\/p>\n<p> Bredziele\u016d was arrested on December 10, 2021. Pro-government Telegram channels posted a video of him \u201cconfessing\u201d to leaking insider information to well-known blogger Anton Matolka. The blogger left the country in July 2020 for fear of persecution, and was included in Belarus\u2019 list of persons involved in terrorist activities.<\/p>\n<p> Bredziele\u016d was also forced to come out as gay and reveal his salary. Pro-government Telegram channels published his private photos. A1\u2019s Austrian management and the Austrian Embassy in Belarus condemned the disclosure of information about his private life.<\/p>\n<p> In December 2021, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka used the Bredziele\u016d case to emphasize the need for caution during recruitment, since the \u201cmost important goal\u201d of supporters of change, in his opinion, is to \u201cpenetrate the state apparatus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe are still identifying these bastards with the police, the KGB, the Prosecutor\u2019s Office and the Investigative Committee. Recently, the press secretary of A1 was arrested. He was their central figure. He took the data and leaked it all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights groups say Bredziele\u016d\u2019s persecution is politically motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 29, BPN. The A1 telecommunications company\u2019s public relations head Mika\u0142aj Bredziele\u016d went on trial in the Minsk City Court on August 29, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The 35-year-old man is charged with financing extremist activities and abusing power. Bredziele\u016d was arrested on December 10, 2021. Pro-government Telegram channels posted a video of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43521","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>PR man on trial for \u201cfunding extremism, abusing power\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 29, BPN. 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