{"id":43860,"date":"2022-09-23T13:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T10:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/update-on-trials-arrests-detention-conditions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"update-on-trials-arrests-detention-conditions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43860\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on trials, arrests, detention conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>September 23, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 22.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Several arrests, one release\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested protestant pastor Antoni Bokun at his church in Minsk, <span>Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Writer D\u017amitryj Jurtaje\u016d, who works as a teacher at a private school in Minsk, is under arrest on criminal charges for participating in protests, pro-government Telegram channels reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrested IT specialists Alaksiej Kaval\u010duk and Mikita Karpienka face charges of participating in protests and subscribing to opposition Telegram channels, respectively, according to pro-government Telegram channels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Minsk police arrested railway enthusiast Arciom Slizki. In the Hrodna region, police arrested at least five people in Lida and Va\u016dkavysk for social media posts, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released Minsk artist Andrej Busie\u0142 after 13 days in custody.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights defender Anastasja \u0141ojka is to serve another 15-day jail term for alleged disorderly conduct, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Minsk jailed U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Bia\u0142o\u016d for 15 days for social media posts, pro-government Telegram channels said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Ja\u016dhien Vis\u0142avuch from Mazyr, Homiel region, was ordered to pay a fine and spend three and a half years in prison for online comments on the 2021 shootout involving an IT engineer and KGB officers, known as the &#8220;Zielcer case,&#8221; said Viasna. Human rights groups declared him a political prisoner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Minsk sentenced Paviel \u0141aryn, a father of four, to 18 months in prison for online comments allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and officials, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t An appeal court reduced by three months the five-year sentence for Pavie\u0142 Ku\u010dynski, convicted on politically-motivated charges. Ku\u010dynski has stage 4 cancer, according to Viasna.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Detention conditions\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Prison authorities placed prominent opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d in a punishment cell again, his wife Maryna Adamovi\u010d wrote on Facebook. Statkievi\u010d is serving a 14-year prison term on politically-motivated charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Content branded extremist\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities branded &#8220;extremist&#8221; the content of a Telegram channel and chat posting information on arrests and trials in Lida, Hrodna region, <span>Pravo imeyut <\/span>Telegram channel reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Viasna said that authorities blacklisted a history book by Anatol Taras, belarusunion.org website, and a number of local social media pages and Telegram channels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities shut down a Viciebsk-based public organization promoting self-government and run by well-known activist Khrystafor \u017dalapa\u016d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of September 23, human rights defenders identified at least 1,342 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 23, BPN. 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