{"id":45017,"date":"2022-12-22T11:26:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T08:26:55","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\/45017\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 22, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21.<\/p>\n<p> Arrests<\/p>\n<p> Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s international transportation manager Siarhiej Mardzi\u0142ovi\u010d, 45, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> reported. They suspect him of posting 43,000 online comments after the 2020 election, threatening government officials. He also allegedly provided information to <span>Chernaya Kniga Belarusi <\/span>(Eng.: Black Book of Belarus), an online project exposing the identities of security officers who mistreated and brutalized peaceful protesters. Police opened&nbsp;58 criminal cases against him.<\/p>\n<p> Trials<\/p>\n<p> A district court in Minsk sentenced political prisoner Arciom Zabielanko\u016d, 25, to two years in prison for protesting on October 11, 2020 and the incident with state television employees Ryhor Azaronak and Andrej Ivanienka, who filmed the protest. He was charged with disturbing public order and obstructing journalistic activity, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n<p> Other news<\/p>\n<p> Investigators have referred a special procedure case against the <span>Nexta<\/span> media project founder, \u015aciapan Puci\u0142a, and a member of his team, Jan Rudzik, to the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office. The journalists are suspected of inciting social hatred, organizing mass riots, conspiring to seize power and other crimes, the Investigative Committee said. The case was opened on December 9.<\/p>\n<p> Political prisoner Maryja Kale\u015bnikava remains in the Homiel penal colony\u2019s medical unit. She is \u201cfeeling well,\u201d former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka\u2019s campaign said, quoting the prison authorities. Law enforcers allowed Kale\u015bnikava \u201cto receive food suitable for a speedy recovery.\u201d But they did not let her lawyer to see her last week.<\/p>\n<p> Viasna reports that blogger Kaciaryna \u010care\u0161ka, who had been arrested in November with her blogger husband Siarhiej, was released. Her procedural status is unknown. Law enforcers placed Siarhiej \u010care\u0161ka in Detention Center No. 1 on Valadarskaha Street in Minsk. The state reportedly brought criminal charges against the spouses over protests.<\/p>\n<p>As of December 21, human rights defenders identified at least 1,435 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21. Arrests Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s international transportation manager Siarhiej Mardzi\u0142ovi\u010d, 45, Na\u0161a Niva reported. They suspect him of posting 43,000 online comments after the 2020 election, threatening government officials. He also allegedly provided information to Chernaya Kniga Belarusi (Eng.: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45017","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 arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21. Arrests Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"December 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21. Arrests Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/\"},\"headline\":\"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-22T08:26:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/\"},\"wordCount\":315,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/\",\"name\":\"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-22T08:26:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"December 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21. Arrests Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk","description":"December 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21. Arrests Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk","og_description":"December 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21. Arrests Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/"},"headline":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution","datePublished":"2022-12-22T08:26:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/"},"wordCount":315,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/","name":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-12-22T08:26:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"December 22, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on December 21. Arrests Police in Minsk arrested Transglobal\u2019s","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45017\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/45017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=45017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}