{"id":44836,"date":"2022-12-09T11:53:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T08:53:56","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\/44836\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 9, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 8.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Several arrested, one released\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Michai\u0142 Kulik, Andrej Makarevi\u010d, and brothers Hleb and Hardzej Jurje\u016d who administered a local Minsk chat. Authorities accuse them of reposting opposition content and participating in protests, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> reported. The chat dates back to 2018 and has not been branded extremist.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Opposition activist and former political prisoner Illa Mirona\u016d is under arrest again following his visit to the Homiel police department, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. In mid-November, he was jailed for five days on charges of distributing opposition content. In October, he was also sentenced to 18 months in prison and released in the courtroom as he had served his full term in pre-trial detention.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released Vital Zaradzej, 70, after he had served a two-year prison sentence for insulting a judge, <span>Belsat TV <\/span>reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Homiel sentenced Rus\u0142an Asiatro\u016d to two and a half years in prison for online comments on the 2021 shootout involving an IT engineer and KGB officers, known as the &#8220;Zielcer case,&#8221; Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Minsk sentenced Alaksandr \u0141oban to 21 months in prison on similar charges and released him because he had served the full term in the pre-trial detention.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Homiel Regional Court failed to deliver a verdict in a case against Alena Kraviec accused of facilitating extremism. She did not show up for the final court hearing and is on the wanted list now. Two persons who vouched for her were fined 3,200 rubels ($1,290) and 2,840 rubels ($1,550).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Minsk sentenced Vadzim Kalinin to one year in prison for allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka on Instagram, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk City Court adjourned the trial of trade union leaders until December 12. Authorities accuse Hienad\u017a Fiadyni\u010d, a longtime leader of the electronic union, its acting chair Vasil Bierasnie\u016d, and activist Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d (Vac\u0142a\u016d) Are\u0161ka of inciting hatred, calling for sanctions, and creating and running an extremist group. The trial is closed to the public.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Content branded extremist\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities blacklisted <span>Zerkalo<\/span>\u2019s Instagram page and the <span>Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski <\/span>TikTok page as extremist content, <span>BPN <\/span>reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of December 9, human rights defenders identified at least 1,438 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 9, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 8. Several arrested, one released Police arrested Michai\u0142 Kulik, Andrej Makarevi\u010d, and brothers Hleb and Hardzej Jurje\u016d who administered a local Minsk chat. Authorities accuse them of reposting opposition content and participating in protests, Na\u0161a Niva reported. 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