{"id":43841,"date":"2022-09-22T12:13:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/update-on-arrests-trials-detention-conditions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-detention-conditions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>September 22, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights activist Anastasija Lojka has not been released after serving a 15-day jail term, Human Constanta reported. She might face new charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Minsk police arrested D\u017amitryj Aharodnika\u016d, an employee with A1 mobile operator. Pro-government Telegram channels posted a video of his interrogation, which shows him wearing an EU flag wrapped around his head.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released <span>RFE\/RL<\/span> journalist Aleh Hru\u017adzi\u0142ovi\u010d, 63, who left Belarus immediately. He told his colleagues that he was pardoned, despite pleading not guilty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Halina Michal\u010duk, 70, who was serving two and a half years in prison for online comments, was released before her term was over, dissidentby reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Homeless man Alaksandr Kutas, whom human rights groups declared a political prisoner, was released after serving his one-year prison term for participating in protests, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk City Court sentenced student Maciej Hrynkievi\u010d, 21, to two years and two months in prison for participating in protests, Viasna said. Earlier, authorities added his name to the list of persons involved in &#8220;terrorist&#8221; activities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Minsk sentenced Julija Maka\u015b in late June to three years of restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility for participation in protests, according to Viasna. 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.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Courts in the Mahilo\u016d region sentenced Ja\u016dhien Karpa\u016d and Pavie\u0142 Bie\u0142ahalo\u016d to two and a half years in prison each for intentions to fight Russia in Ukraine and online comments, respectively, MAYDAY.TEAM and Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Detention conditions\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities transferred Maksim \u0160atochin, 18, from prison to home confinement to serve his three-year term given in August 2021 for participation in protests, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Volha Majorava, U\u0142adzimir Hundar, and Mika\u0142aj A\u016dtuchovi\u010d are held in punishment cells. All three are defendants in the high-profile case involving outspoken critics of the Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, known as the A\u016dtuchovi\u010d case.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of September 22, human rights defenders identified at least 1,341 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21. New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned Human rights activist Anastasija Lojka has not been released after serving a 15-day jail term, Human Constanta reported. She might face new charges. Minsk police arrested D\u017amitryj Aharodnika\u016d, an employee with A1 mobile operator. Pro-government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43841","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>Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21. New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21. New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/\"},\"headline\":\"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-22T09:13:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/\"},\"wordCount\":382,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/\",\"name\":\"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-22T09:13:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"September 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21. New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions | Pozirk","description":"September 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21. New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions | Pozirk","og_description":"September 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21. New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/"},"headline":"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions","datePublished":"2022-09-22T09:13:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/"},"wordCount":382,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/","name":"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-09-22T09:13:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"September 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 21. New arrests, prominent journalist pardoned","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43841\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Update on arrests, trials, detention conditions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/43841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=43841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}