{"id":44769,"date":"2022-12-05T13:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T10:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/update-on-trials-and-politically-motivated-persecution\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"update-on-trials-and-politically-motivated-persecution","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44769\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on trials and politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 5, <span>BPN.<\/span> <\/b>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 3 and 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Volha Kra\u016d\u010duk, 60, from Fanipal, Minsk region, for reposting opposition content. Authorities jailed her for 15 days, pro-government Telegram channels reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksandr Jara\u0161uk, chair of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU), his deputy Siarhiej Antusievi\u010d, and BCDTU activist Iryna But-Husaim will go on trial on December 20 at the Minsk City Court, the Supreme Court said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Deputy Prosecutor of Homiel Iryna Kurbackaja asked the judge to delete the aggravating circumstance &#8220;ideological hatred&#8221; from the wording of the sentence imposed on opposition activist Illa Mirona\u016d, he said. Despite the move, the prosecutor upheld the 18-month prison sentence imposed on the activist for allegedly discrediting the state. A court in Homiel released Mirona\u016d in the courtroom after he had served his full term in pre-trial detention.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Detention conditions\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksandr Pleskacevi\u010d, sentenced to two years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility, has been transferred to a prison in Babrujsk, Mahilo\u016d region, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities have also transferred prominent artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin to Hrodna\u2019s Prison No 1. He is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for allegedly inciting hatred and desecrating state symbols.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Prison authorities placed Alena \u0141azar\u010dyk, currently serving an eight-year prison sentence, into punishment cell. Human rights defenders do not know any further details.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist status\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities blacklisted a number of local Telegram channels and chats from Hrodna, Kojdanava, and Or\u0161a, Viasna said.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of December 13, human rights defenders identified at least 1,448 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 5, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 3 and 4. Trials Police arrested Volha Kra\u016d\u010duk, 60, from Fanipal, Minsk region, for reposting opposition content. Authorities jailed her for 15 days, pro-government Telegram channels reported. Criminal proceedings Alaksandr Jara\u0161uk, chair of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44769","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 trials and politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 5, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 3 and 4. 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