{"id":43814,"date":"2022-09-20T17:33:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/opposition-leaders-cousin-gets-six-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"opposition-leaders-cousin-gets-six-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43814\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader\u2019s cousin gets six years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>September 20, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> A district court in Minsk has sentenced Anatol \u0141atu\u0161ka to six years in prison, fining him 9,600 rubels, or some $3,800, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n<p> Judge D\u017amitryj Karsiuk found the cousin of high-profile opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka guilty of gross violations of public order, hooliganism and desecrating state symbols.<\/p>\n<p> Law enforcers arrested Anatol \u0141atu\u0161ka, Alena Malino\u016dskaja and Lilija Ananian in January 2022 for allegedly drawing the Pahonia coat of arms on mailboxes.<\/p>\n<p> Ananian pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years of restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, a type of home confinement. Malino\u016dskaja was sentenced to four years in prison.<\/p>\n<p> Malino\u016dskaja and \u0141atu\u0161ka pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights activists said the three were prosecuted for political reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 20, BPN. A district court in Minsk has sentenced Anatol \u0141atu\u0161ka to six years in prison, fining him 9,600 rubels, or some $3,800, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Judge D\u017amitryj Karsiuk found the cousin of high-profile opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka guilty of gross violations of public order, hooliganism and desecrating state symbols. 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