{"id":44720,"date":"2022-12-01T12:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T09:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/criminal-case-against-opposition-leaders-ready-for-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"criminal-case-against-opposition-leaders-ready-for-trial","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44720\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal case against opposition leaders ready for trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 1, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The Investigative Committee has forwarded to the Prosecutor General a criminal case against Belarusian opposition leaders and activists to be tried in absentia, its press office reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The defendants include Belarusian opposition leaders Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On November 30, \u0141atu\u0161ka publicly rejected a lawyer appointed to defend him during his trial in absentia.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The so-called special proceedings target those living abroad and evading contact with investigators. The authorities\u2019 ultimate goal is believed to be to seize property and strip dissidents of their Belarusian citizenship.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The government enacted amendments on July 27 to legalize investigations and trials in absentia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, BPN. The Investigative Committee has forwarded to the Prosecutor General a criminal case against Belarusian opposition leaders and activists to be tried in absentia, its press office reported. The defendants include Belarusian opposition leaders Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka. 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