{"id":44948,"date":"2022-12-16T19:24:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/opposition-leader-slams-trials-in-absentia-as-human-rights-abuse\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"opposition-leader-slams-trials-in-absentia-as-human-rights-abuse","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44948\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader slams trials in absentia as human rights abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 16, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Trials in absentia in the so-called special proceedings set up by Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s regime violate basic rights and freedoms of the Belarusians, said opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The special proceedings target those living abroad and evading contact with investigators. The authorities\u2019 ultimate goal in the process is to strip dissidents of their Belarusian citizenship.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;The judicial system has stopped even pretending to follow the procedure,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja said. Trials are closed to the public while people often learn about their persecution from the press releases by investigators, prosecutors, and courts, rather than from the rulings or case files, she noted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials in absentia represent &#8220;another crime against the people of Belarus committed by the regime,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja said, noting that human rights groups keep records of all special proceedings in Belarus as they violate Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On December 16, the Belarusian Prosecutor General\u2019s Office referred to court a case against the opposition\u2019s Coordination Council.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The case involves Cichano\u016dskaja, her former campaign manager Maryja Maroz, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka of the opposition\u2019s transitional cabinet, and Coordination Council members Volha Kavalkova and Siarhiej Dyle\u016dski.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, BPN. Trials in absentia in the so-called special proceedings set up by Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s regime violate basic rights and freedoms of the Belarusians, said opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. The special proceedings target those living abroad and evading contact with investigators. The authorities\u2019 ultimate goal in the process is to strip dissidents of their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44948","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>Opposition leader slams trials in absentia as human rights abuse | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 16, BPN. 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