{"id":45502,"date":"2023-01-26T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/court-sentences-dissident-to-eight-and-a-half-years-in-prison-on-10-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"court-sentences-dissident-to-eight-and-a-half-years-in-prison-on-10-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45502\/","title":{"rendered":"Court sentences dissident to eight-and-a-half years in prison on 10 charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 26, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Hrodna Regional Court has sentenced Illa Kra\u016d\u010de\u016dski, an opposition activist, to eight-and-a-half years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n<p> Judge Ihar Sobale\u016d found the man guilty of disturbing order, insulting and libeling Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, slander, organizing riots, threats of violence, incitement to hatred, insulting a public official, illegal handling of personal data, and violence against police.<\/p>\n<p> The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges of disturbing order and violence against police.<\/p>\n<p>Kra\u016d\u010de\u016dski, whose persecution is widely seen as politically motivated, is on the official list of people involved in terrorist activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 26, BPN. The Hrodna Regional Court has sentenced Illa Kra\u016d\u010de\u016dski, an opposition activist, to eight-and-a-half years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. Judge Ihar Sobale\u016d found the man guilty of disturbing order, insulting and libeling Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, slander, organizing riots, threats of violence, incitement to hatred, insulting a public official, illegal handling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45502","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>Court sentences dissident to eight-and-a-half years in prison on 10 charges | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 26, BPN. 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