{"id":45229,"date":"2023-01-07T16:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T13:34:30","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\/45229\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 7, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 6.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Radzion Ka\u010datko\u016d after he had returned to Belarus from abroad, pro-government sources said. Authorities accuse him of inciting hatred in online comments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police also arrested a Gazprom Transgaz Belarus manager for subscribing to and sharing content from opposition Telegram channels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Hrodna police arrested Mika\u0142aj Chacianovi\u010d, CEO of a local mediation school, for participation in protests, online comments and subscriptions to opposition Telegram channels, pro-government sources said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities jailed Yekaterina Yanshina, a Russian journalist linked to the Memorial human rights organization, for 15 days, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. She covered the trial of Viasna&#8217;s leaders in Minsk on January 5.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities sentenced Vadzim \u017daromski to 10 days in jail after he had served a 15-day jail term, Viasna reported. He is the husband of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Marfa Rabkova, sentenced to 15 years in prison on politically-motivated charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities also jailed actor Andrej Tryzuba\u016d for 10 days, Viasna said. The reasons for his arrest and charges against him remain unclear.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Hrodna sentenced prominent cardiologist Anton Navuma\u016d to two and a half years in an open-type correctional facility for participating in protests, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Vital Ry\u017eanski will go on trial on Or\u0161a, Viciebsk region, on January 10. Authorities accuse him of insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and public officials. The trial will be closed to the public.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Supreme Court upheld lengthy prison sentences for <span>BelaPAN<\/span> executives, <span>BPN<\/span> reported. In October 2022, media company\u2019s CEO and editor in chief Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna was sentenced to four years in prison; the previous CEO, D\u017amitryj Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d, to six years; former deputy CEO Andrej Alaksandra\u016d, to 14 years; his wife Iryna Z\u0142obina, to nine years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The defendants were accused of establishing an extremist group (Alaksandra\u016d, Le\u016d\u0161yna, Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d), treason (Alaksandra\u016d, Z\u0142obina), tax evasion (Alaksandra\u016d, Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d), and organization of actions grossly disturbing public order (Alaksandra\u016d and Z\u0142obina). Human rights groups consider all four political prisoners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist list updates\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian interior ministry added 18 more people to its list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activity,\u201d taking the total to 2,281 names. Recent additions are mostly people convicted on politically-motivated charges of participating in protests or insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka and public officials.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of January 7, human rights defenders identified at least 1,442 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 7, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 6. Arrests Police arrested Radzion Ka\u010datko\u016d after he had returned to Belarus from abroad, pro-government sources said. Authorities accuse him of inciting hatred in online comments. 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