{"id":44483,"date":"2022-11-14T15:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/polish-minority-activists-apartments-searched\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"polish-minority-activists-apartments-searched","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44483\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish minority activists\u2019 apartments searched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>November 14, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The Union of Poles in Belarus says police are searching the apartments of its general council\u2019s chairwoman Iren\u0430 Walu\u015b and deputy chairwoman Renata Dziemia\u0144czuk.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe leading activists are not answering the phones!\u201d a spokesman for the union said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p> On November 14, reports came in that prosecutors in the Hrodna region asked an economic court to shut down the Klerigata firm, which they said \u201chas been virtually functioning as an unregistered union of Poles in Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIn violation of the law, in addition to the activities provided for by its charter, the business entity pursued the goals and objectives of a public association that was not legally registered in Belarus,\u201d the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p> A criminal case was filed against the firm\u2019s executives for illegally organizing the public association\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian authorities have an appalling record of&nbsp;intimidating&nbsp;Polish minority activists. During social unrest that followed the disputed presidential election in 2020, police arrested&nbsp;five members of the Union of Poles in Belarus, including its head And\u017celika Borys (An\u017ealika Borys) and journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut). They were charged&nbsp;with incitement to hatred and calls for sanctions or shocks on the Belarusian state. Poczobut remains in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 14, BPN. The Union of Poles in Belarus says police are searching the apartments of its general council\u2019s chairwoman Iren\u0430 Walu\u015b and deputy chairwoman Renata Dziemia\u0144czuk. \u201cThe leading activists are not answering the phones!\u201d a spokesman for the union said on Facebook. On November 14, reports came in that prosecutors in the Hrodna region [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44483","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>Polish minority activists\u2019 apartments searched | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 14, BPN. 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