{"id":44299,"date":"2022-10-31T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/three-opposition-party-members-imprisoned-over-2020-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"three-opposition-party-members-imprisoned-over-2020-protests","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44299\/","title":{"rendered":"Three opposition party members imprisoned over 2020 protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>October 31, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Minsk\u2019s Frunzenski District Court has sentenced Artur Smalako\u016d, Andrej Asma\u0142o\u016dski and his partner Dzijana \u010carnu\u0161yna to prison terms for participating in the 2020 protests, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Judge A\u0142a Skuratovi\u010d has imposed a two-year prison sentence on \u010carnu\u0161yna and Smalako\u016d, and a term of three years, on Asma\u0142o\u016dski. Defendants were reported to wear handcuffs during the trial.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t All three are members of the opposition United Civic Party (UCP), arrested in July 2022 for allegedly &#8220;taking an active part&#8221; in a protest rally in Minsk on August 23, 2020, violating public order, ignoring police requests, and blocking public transport. \u010carnu\u0161yna has a minor child with a disability.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights defenders declared Smalako\u016d and Asma\u0142o\u016dski political prisoners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t At least 100,000 people participated in the rally on August 23, 2020 in Minsk, protesting against the police violence and the results of the disputed presidential election. Police arrested over 100 participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 31, BPN. Minsk\u2019s Frunzenski District Court has sentenced Artur Smalako\u016d, Andrej Asma\u0142o\u016dski and his partner Dzijana \u010carnu\u0161yna to prison terms for participating in the 2020 protests, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Judge A\u0142a Skuratovi\u010d has imposed a two-year prison sentence on \u010carnu\u0161yna and Smalako\u016d, and a term of three years, on Asma\u0142o\u016dski. Defendants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44299","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>Three opposition party members imprisoned over 2020 protests | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 31, BPN. 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