{"id":4493,"date":"2023-09-08T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=4493"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution-44","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/4493\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 8,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 7 amid an ongoing crackdown on opposition content and those who share it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrested and released<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested Herman Lebiadzie\u016d, a first-year student at Belarusian State Pedagogical University, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. In the police video recorded under duress, he admitted to administering an opposition chat and sharing opposition content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna human rights defenders also reported arrests in Lida, Hrodna region, on September 6 on charges of sharing opposition content. At least six persons were briefly detained at the local paint factory and fined 370 rubels each (about $113).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities released Illa Pa\u0142cho\u016dski after he had served two years in prison for participating in 2020 protests in Brest, Viasna reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arciom Vajciachovi\u010d, 15, went on trial in Minsk on charges of extortion, Viasna reported. His brother, exiled activist Siarhiej Vajciachovi\u010d, has reportedly received demands from police to take down a railway worker community&#8217;s Telegram channel in return for his brother&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extremist content update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities blacklisted several social media accounts and chats as extremist content, Viasna said. The&nbsp;<em>Kastu\u015b<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Kastu\u015b 2.0<\/em>&nbsp;YouTube channels and their logos,&nbsp;<em>VIRUS Belarus Live<\/em>&nbsp;Telegram channel as well as two Viber chats feature among the recent additions to the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of September 8, human rights defenders identified at least 1,510 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 8,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 7 amid an ongoing crackdown on opposition content and those who share it. Arrested and released Police arrested Herman Lebiadzie\u016d, a first-year student at Belarusian State Pedagogical University, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. 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