{"id":45577,"date":"2023-02-01T17:33:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-says-new-trial-wont-crush-her-jailed-husband\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-says-new-trial-wont-crush-her-jailed-husband","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45577\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja says new trial won\u2019t crush her jailed husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 1, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja says her husband, jailed activist Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, will stand another trial for not bowing to pressure.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOne of the worst violations in the regime\u2019s prisons is not to succumb, not to fear, not to become mediocre and not to hide behind others. For it, the regime announced another \u2018trial\u2019 against my husband Siarhiej. It is possible that they really believe that they can tame him this way and make him like them,\u201d she said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p> She added that Cichano\u016dski will never cease to be an appealing leader, no matter what prison term he is sentenced to.<\/p>\n<p> Former presidential hopeful Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski will go on a new trial on February 14 on charges of malicious disobedience to the prison authorities, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n<p> Investigators say that he \u201csystematically disobeyed the legitimate demands of the prison administration, provoked conflicts, including with other prisoners, and was repeatedly punished for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Judge Ivan Hrynkievi\u010d from \u017dodzina, Minsk region, will preside over the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p> In December 2021, authorities sentenced Cichano\u016dski to 18 years in a high-security penal colony. In August 2022, a court in Mahilo\u016d ruled to transfer him to prison for the next three years.<\/p>\n<p> Other defendants in the Cichano\u016dski case were given lengthy prison sentences for alleged rioting, inciting social hatred and discord and obstructing the work of the central election commission.<\/p>\n<p> In June 2022, the Committee for State Security (KGB) added Cichano\u016dski to the list of persons involved in \u201cterrorist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Human rights defenders say his persecution is politically motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 1, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja says her husband, jailed activist Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, will stand another trial for not bowing to pressure. \u201cOne of the worst violations in the regime\u2019s prisons is not to succumb, not to fear, not to become mediocre and not to hide behind others. 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