{"id":44275,"date":"2022-10-28T13:31:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T10:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44275\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<b>October 28, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 27.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Several arrested, one released\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Minsk resident Andrej Famin for contributing and editing content for the samizdat outlet <span>Vestniki<\/span>, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police also arrested Juryj Miela\u0161kevi\u010d, a deputy chair of the Belarusian Society for Protecting Historical and Cultural Monuments and a former deputy chair of the Belarusian Popular Front, <span>Novy \u010cas <\/span>reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t BelVEB bank employee Viktar Hry\u0144ko was jailed for ten days after a search at his apartment on October 21, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Authorities accuse him of calling for sanctions. His family members said that police officers planted protest symbols and pornographic materials during the search.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t David Anta\u0161vili, a reality TV show star in Russia, was arrested for participation in protests, <span>Mediazona <\/span>reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Anton Navuma\u016d, an employee at the national cardiology research center, is under arrest in Hrodna for participating in 2020 protests, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released journalist Siarhiej Hardzijevi\u010d, a resident of Drahi\u010dyn, Brest region, after he had served an 18-month prison sentence on charges of insulting public officials and Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, BAJ reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court sentenced Sviat\u0142ana Vo\u0142\u010dak, a former university lecturer and trade union activist, and her husband Michai\u0142 to 13 and 15 days in jail, respectively, for disobeying police, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk City Court sentenced freelance journalist Alaksandr Lubian\u010duk to three years in prison for alleged association with an extremist group, BAJ reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Aresta\u016d and Ja\u016dhien Hrycok will serve three years in home confinement for participating in protests; Ja\u016dhien Jarmak and his wife An\u017ealika, were sentenced to two and a half years of home confinement, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court sentenced Dzianis Maksima\u016d to two years in prison and a fine of 6,400 rubels (about $2,590) 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 political prisoner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Homiel blacklisted the <span>Volkswagen club Gomel <\/span>Telegram channel as &#8220;extremist&#8221; content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of October 28, human rights defenders identified at least 1,336 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 28, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 27. Several arrested, one released Police arrested Minsk resident Andrej Famin for contributing and editing content for the samizdat outlet Vestniki, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported. Police also arrested Juryj Miela\u0161kevi\u010d, a deputy chair of the Belarusian Society for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44275","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, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 28, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 27. 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