{"id":44853,"date":"2022-12-09T23:27:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T20:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lawyers-of-jailed-opposition-leaders-disbarred\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lawyers-of-jailed-opposition-leaders-disbarred","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44853\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers of jailed opposition leaders disbarred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 9, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Lawyers of prominent opposition activists Eduard Babaryka, Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski have been disbarred, Belarusian political groups say.<\/p>\n<p> The Minsk City Bar Association expelled U\u0142adzimir Pyl\u010danka, a defender of jailed regime critics Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and Eduard Babaryka, the son of former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis means that he can no longer carry out legal activities, including filing complaints about officials\u2019 illegal actions, visiting Masha in the colony and participating in hearings,\u201d Viktar Babaryka\u2019s campaign said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s Telegram account wrote that her jailed husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski\u2019s lawyer Viktar Mackievi\u010d was disbarred too.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI thank him for the dignity with which he has been doing his job all this time, and the care that he has shown towards my husband and his other clients,\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja said. <\/p>\n<p> The justice ministry has revoked the licenses of at least 50 lawyers since the beginning of 2021, human rights activists said. About 100 law firms have been shut down, and about 400 lawyers have lost the opportunity to run a business.<\/p>\n<p>Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka says lawyers should be \u201cunder control.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 9, BPN. Lawyers of prominent opposition activists Eduard Babaryka, Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski have been disbarred, Belarusian political groups say. The Minsk City Bar Association expelled U\u0142adzimir Pyl\u010danka, a defender of jailed regime critics Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and Eduard Babaryka, the son of former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka. \u201cThis means that he can no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44853","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>Lawyers of jailed opposition leaders disbarred | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 9, BPN. 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