{"id":43688,"date":"2022-09-10T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/update-on-trials-arrests-politically-motivated-persecution\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"update-on-trials-arrests-politically-motivated-persecution","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43688\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on trials, arrests, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>September 10, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 9.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Arrests<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Former security officer Aleh Hajduk was arrested for sharing personal data of law enforcement officers, online comments critical of authorities and an alleged intention to fight Russia in Ukraine, pro-government Telegram channels said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t D\u017amitryj Stasievi\u010d, 32, was arrested in Minsk for online comments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Trials<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On August 31, Juryj \u010cubana\u016d from Hrodna was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of illegal actions against personal data, insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and public officials, and abusing state symbols.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Minsk found Viera Va\u0142nistaja guilty on politically-motivated charges of grossly violating public order. She was given three years of restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility in addition to her previous sentence of two years, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. This type of sentence implies that people are confined to their residence during non-working hours and are required to retain or seek employment. Police can visit them anytime to make sure they comply with the terms of confinement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksandr Miale\u0161ka, a prominent children&#8217;s oncologist, was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility for participating in the 2020 post-election protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksiej Sianko was sentenced in Hrodna to two years in prison for online comments on the 2021 shootout involving an IT engineer and KGB officers, known as the &#8220;Zielcer case.&#8221; Human rights groups declared him a political prisoner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Hanna Tukava, arrested during her one-woman anti-war protest at a school in Navapo\u0142ack on September 1, was fined on charges of disseminating calls to extremism. Human rights defenders say that she is still in custody.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Other instances of persecution<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The interior ministry blacklisted five more people as &#8220;extremists,&#8221; including RFE\/RL journalist Andrej Kuznie\u010dyk, as well as Ja\u016dhien Lulkovi\u010d, Alaksandr Kurhanski, Alaksiej Maje\u016dski, Dzianis Hrachana\u016d, all of whom faced politically-motivated charges, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of September 10, human rights defenders identified at least 1,330 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 10, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 9. Arrests Former security officer Aleh Hajduk was arrested for sharing personal data of law enforcement officers, online comments critical of authorities and an alleged intention to fight Russia in Ukraine, pro-government Telegram channels said. 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