{"id":44431,"date":"2022-11-10T12:13:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T09:13:31","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\/44431\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>November 10, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on November 9.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested five founders of <span>Sajuz Bie\u0142aruskaha Nacyanalnaha \u0160\u010dyta <\/span>(Eng. Union of the Belarusian National Shield) social media community recently blacklisted as an extremist group, pro-government sources said. They are accused of railway sabotage and arson.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Mahilo\u016d police arrested a former editor of the samizdat outlet <span>Vestniki<\/span> currently collaborating with state-run media. Another <span>Vestniki<\/span> editor, Andrej Famin, was arrested earlier.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Since the start of 2022, prosecutors instituted a total of 17 criminal cases in Minsk over the desecration of state symbols, the Investigative Committee said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The trial of Rabo\u010dy Ruch (Labor Movement) activists opened in Homiel, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Authorities accuse the activists of illegally collecting confidential information on how Belarusian state-run businesses circumvent Western sanctions. They also say defendants passed that information to foreign countries and organizations, including the secret services of the USA and Lithuania.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Minsk sentenced Maksim Stasilevi\u010d, a prominent member of the evangelical community, to two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement for participation in protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The trial of Vital Astrejka accused of libeling and insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka will open at the Masko\u016dski District Court in Minsk on November 17.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t D\u017amitryj \u0141atu\u0161kin received a three-year restricted freedom sentence in home confinement for participating in 2020 protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A judge sentenced Ja\u016dhien Rahucki from Homiel to two years in prison for a message sent via the Telegram application. He suffers from rheumatoid arthritis.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk city government has prohibited Catholic believers from gathering for prayers in any buildings and yard of the Red Church, closed under the pretext of repairs, <span>Na\u0161a Niva <\/span>reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Hrodna State University fired history professor Sviat\u0142ana Si\u0142ova citing a three-hour absence from work as a reason, she said on Facebook. In October, she was fined on charges of distributing extremist content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police raided the apartment of the husband of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment spokeswoman Kry\u015bcina Stankievi\u010d (call sign \u010cabor), following the last week&#8217;s raid on her own home, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Russia&#8217;s St. Petersburg ruled to extradite Or\u0161a resident Andrej Ruskich accused of insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of November 10, human rights defenders identified at least 1,389 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 10, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on November 9. Arrests Police arrested five founders of Sajuz Bie\u0142aruskaha Nacyanalnaha \u0160\u010dyta (Eng. Union of the Belarusian National Shield) social media community recently blacklisted as an extremist group, pro-government sources said. They are accused of railway sabotage and arson. Mahilo\u016d police arrested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44431","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=\"November 10, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on November 9. 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