{"id":45020,"date":"2022-12-22T13:22:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/viasna-leaders-trial-to-begin-in-minsk-on-january-5\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"viasna-leaders-trial-to-begin-in-minsk-on-january-5","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45020\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna leaders trial to begin in Minsk on January 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 22, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Viasna Human Rights Center reports that its jailed leaders will go on trial at&nbsp;a Minsk court on January 5.<\/p>\n<p> The case will be heard by Judge Maryna Zapa\u015bnik, best known for convicting regime critics.<\/p>\n<p> The center\u2019s head, Nobel Peace Prize winner Ale\u015b Bialacki, his deputy Valancin Stefanovi\u010d and coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d are accused of smuggling cash across the border and financing protests.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights defender \u0179micier Sa\u0142a\u016djo\u016d, who has fled the country, would be tried in absentia as part of the same case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 22, BPN. 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