{"id":43577,"date":"2022-09-02T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T08:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/round-up-of-political-persecution-for-september-1\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"round-up-of-political-persecution-for-september-1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43577\/","title":{"rendered":"Round-up of political persecution for September 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>September 2, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 1.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Arrests<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Ivan Mura\u016djo\u016d, 43, a restaurant manager and a journalist, was arrested in Minsk on suspicion of committing an &#8220;extremist&#8221; crime, Na\u0161a Niva reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Alina Fiedarovi\u010d, Siarhiej Barano\u016dski, and Andrej Suraviehin in Lel\u010dycy, Homiel region, for subscribing to Telegram channels labeled extremist, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Anatol Anton\u010dyk from Kobryn was also arrested on a same charge as well as for sharing information about a local official with one of these channels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Cook Arse\u0144 Kandra\u0161o\u016d, 28, was arrested in Hrodna on charges of distributing extremist content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Criminal proceedings<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Opposition activist Jana Pin\u010duk was extradited from Russia. She is charged with creating an extremist group, inciting hatred and calling for overthrowing the government. She is also accused of setting up an \u201cextremist\u201d Telegram channel <span>Viciebsk 97 Percent<\/span> between September 2020 and November 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Trials<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Orthodox priest U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Bahamolnika\u016d was jailed for 14 days. He may face criminal charges for creating an extremist group, human rights defenders say. Bahamolnika\u016d was one of the priests who served the funeral mass for opposition activist Raman Bandarenka, who died while in police custody after being beaten by unknown men in 2020.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Natalla Han\u010darenka, 31, was sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom and released in the courtroom. She was kept in custody since May 31 on charges of gross violations of public order. Han\u010darenka &#8220;admitted&#8221; under duress to blocking traffic during the 2020 post-election protests, subscribing to &#8220;extremist&#8221; Telegram channels, and registering with the opposition&#8217;s Pieramoha Plan, Viasna reported.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Viciebsk sentenced Alaksiej Reznika\u016d, 34, to four and a half years in prison for social media activities. He was arrested after he had returned to Belarus to look after his sick mother. His mother died three days after his arrest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Barys Kajzer from Re\u010dyca was sentenced to 15 months in prison for insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, <span>Flagshtok<\/span> reported. The charge stemmed from a social media video in which he predicted Russia&#8217;s defeat in the war with Ukraine and condemned \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s support for the Russian invasion.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Another Re\u010dyca resident, Alaksandr Zubara\u016d, was reportedly sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom (or possibly prison) for insulting a public official, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t D\u017amitryj Kryvulka from \u017dytkavi\u010dy was sentenced to 18 months in prison for insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka in social media.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Lilija Ananian, Alena Malino\u016dskaja, and Anatol \u0141atu\u0161ka, cousin of the opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, considered political prisoners, will go on trial in Minsk on September 12. They are charged with gross violations of public order, abusing state symbols, and hooliganism.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alena Lazar\u010duk, a mother of a young child, will also go on trial on the same day. She is accused of insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka, establishing an extremist group, and inciting hatred. In July, the authorities included her name on the list of persons involved in terrorist activities. Human rights groups declared her a political prisoner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Political prisoners under pressure\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Herman Bycha\u016d, sentenced to three years in prison for inciting hatred, had been severely beaten at least once a day at the Mahilo\u016d detention center prior to his transfer to a penal colony in the Viciebsk region, a former inmate told human rights defenders, <span>Mayday.<\/span><span>team<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksiej Kudasa\u016d spent 29 days in the punishment cell at the Va\u016dkavysk penal colony. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for allegedly organizing mass riots, creating an extremist group, inciting hatred, and insulting a public official, according to Viasna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 2, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 1. Arrests Ivan Mura\u016djo\u016d, 43, a restaurant manager and a journalist, was arrested in Minsk on suspicion of committing an &#8220;extremist&#8221; crime, Na\u0161a Niva reported. Police arrested Alina Fiedarovi\u010d, Siarhiej Barano\u016dski, and Andrej Suraviehin in Lel\u010dycy, Homiel region, for subscribing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43577","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 September 1 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 2, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 1. 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