{"id":45254,"date":"2023-01-10T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T09:02:20","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\/45254\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 10, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 9.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested history students Alaksiej Ramanovi\u010d and Andrej Januk last week, pro-government sources said. Ramanovi\u010d was accused of &#8220;calling for riots and using Molotov cocktails&#8221; in 2020 when he was 16. A source with links to police said that he &#8220;will be fined and go free because he repented.&#8221; Charges against Januk remain unclear, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested former opposition activist and blogger Illa Maroza\u016d for participating in 2020 protests and writing 3,000 comments deemed extremist, a Telegram channel linked to police said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Siarhiej Patup\u010dyk, a senior manager at Belarusnafta and a son of a former energy minister, presumably over a social media post in support of Ukraine, <span>Na\u0161a Niva <\/span>reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal charges\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Investigators brought four charges against Pavie\u0142 Bie\u0142avus, the founder and owner of the Symbal.by store selling national-themed goods, including high treason, organizing protests, calls to harm national security and leading an extremist group.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Tut.by editor in chief Maryna Zo\u0142atava and CEO Ludmila \u010cekina went on trial at the Minsk City Court, <span>BPN<\/span> reported. Three other defendants, including editor Volha \u0141ojka, journalist Alena Ta\u0142ka\u010dova and lawyer Kaciaryna Tka\u010denka, left Belarus and are now wanted. Authorities accuse \u010cekina, Zo\u0142atava, \u0141ojka and Ta\u0142ka\u010dova of tax evasion, inciting hatred and calling for sanctions. Tka\u010denka is charged with participation in protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities sentenced Vital Mielnik to 13 years in a high-security prison for an alleged act of sabotage carried out in protest against Russia\u2019s assault on Ukraine, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Earlier reports said he was punished with 16 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of January 10, human rights defenders identified at least 1,441 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 9. Arrests Police arrested history students Alaksiej Ramanovi\u010d and Andrej Januk last week, pro-government sources said. Ramanovi\u010d was accused of &#8220;calling for riots and using Molotov cocktails&#8221; in 2020 when he was 16. A source with links to police said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45254","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=\"January 10, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 9. 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