{"id":45358,"date":"2023-01-17T13:42:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T10:42:13","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\/45358\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 17, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 16.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested D\u017aemitryj Pali\u0161evi\u010d upon his return from Poland, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> reported. He faces a number of criminal charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Investigators accused jailed video blogger Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, the husband of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, of defying the prison administration\u2019s orders, the Investigative Committee reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Hrodna Regional Court started hearing a case against jailed reporter Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut), the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Authorities have been holding the journalist and activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus in custody since March 2021. He is charged with inciting hatred and calling for sanctions against Belarus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Lawyer Vital Brahiniec went on trial at the Minsk City Court, Viasna said. The prosecutor accused him of creating an extremist group, inciting hatred, calling for sanctions and participating in protests. Belarusian human rights groups said these charges are politically motivated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Brest sentenced Alaksandr Tru\u0161 to 18 months in prison on charges of insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities sentenced Minsk activist and tour guide Valeryja \u010carnamorcava to two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement on charges of participating in protests, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Former Beltelecom employee D\u017amitryj Kachano\u016dski was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on three criminal charges including illegal possession of electronic data, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Homiel\u2019s prison authorities transferred regime critic Maryja Kale\u015bnikava from the medical ward to workers&#8217; unit, a month and a half after serious surgery, Viktar Babaryka\u2019s campaign reported.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A judge dismissed a motion to send&nbsp;Alaksandra Patrasajeva, currently serving a restricted freedom sentence in home confinement on politically-motivated charges, to an open-type correctional facility, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities stripped the Janu\u0161kievi\u010d publishing house of its license after some of its books had been branded extremist content, publisher Andrej Janu\u0161kievi\u010d said on Facebook.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court refused to release from custody former journalist \u0141arysa \u0160\u010dyrakova, arrested in late December 2022, the Belarusian Association of journalists reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Penal colony administration placed Ivan Andru\u0161oj\u0107 in the internal prison until the end of his three-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Andru\u0161oj\u0107 was convicted on six criminal charges that human rights groups consider politically motivated, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of January 17, human rights defenders identified at least 1,438 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 17, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 16. Arrests Police arrested D\u017aemitryj Pali\u0161evi\u010d upon his return from Poland, Na\u0161a Niva reported. He faces a number of criminal charges. New criminal cases Investigators accused jailed video blogger Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, the husband of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, of defying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45358","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 17, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 16. 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