{"id":45489,"date":"2023-01-26T12:31:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T09:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/justice-ministry-disbars-two-attorneys-known-for-defending-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"justice-ministry-disbars-two-attorneys-known-for-defending-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45489\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice ministry disbars two attorneys known for defending political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 26, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The justice ministry&#8217;s qualification commission has disbarred Ta\u0107ciana Li\u0161ankova and Dzmitryj Pihul, members of the Minsk Regional Bar Association.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It cited misconduct incompatible with the legal profession. It has also found the qualifications of four more lawyers to be insufficient for the performance of their duties.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Li\u0161ankova defended Ta\u0107ciana Va\u0142ada\u017eskaja, coordinator of Flying University, and Ja\u016dhien Rezni\u010denka, a defendant in a high-profile politically-motivated case, as well as opposition activists Ja\u016dhien Batura, Andrej Jurko\u016d and D\u017amitryj Palienka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Pihul was a defense attorney for a member of Bus\u0142y Liacia\u0107 (Storks Are Flying), a protest group, as well as a number of other people convicted on politically-motivated charges, including Arciom Ani\u0161\u010duk and Alena Malino\u016dskaja.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Pihul in September 2022 and charged him with illegal disclosure of data, human rights groups reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Since the start of 2021, authorities have revoked the licenses of at least 60 defense lawyers and shut down about 100 law firms. About 400 individual lawyers also stopped practicing law for fear of persecution.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Pressure on the legal profession mounted after the 2020 election campaign. Lawyers virtually lost their independence: since 2021, they can only work in legal consultancies whose heads are appointed by the justice ministry\u2019s approval.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka said that the lawyers should be \u201cunder control.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 26, BPN. The justice ministry&#8217;s qualification commission has disbarred Ta\u0107ciana Li\u0161ankova and Dzmitryj Pihul, members of the Minsk Regional Bar Association. It cited misconduct incompatible with the legal profession. It has also found the qualifications of four more lawyers to be insufficient for the performance of their duties. Li\u0161ankova defended Ta\u0107ciana Va\u0142ada\u017eskaja, coordinator of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45489","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>Justice ministry disbars two attorneys known for defending political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 26, BPN. 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