{"id":45640,"date":"2023-02-07T14:26:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T11:26:40","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\/45640\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 7, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on February 6.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Several arrested, one released\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Anastasija \u0160arkievi\u010d who ran the <span>Narodnaja Vola<\/span> newspaper&#8217;s Telegram channel, a pro-government source said. She may be accused of participating in 2020 protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police also arrested a resident of Masty, Hrodna region, for an alleged attempt to join Belarusian volunteer Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski regiment fighting Russia in Ukraine, the interior ministry reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Taras Haponenka from Re\u010dyca, Homiel region, is under arrest for pro-Ukraine comments following another hoax by Juryj Komar who is reportedly a police informer, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released Pavie\u0142 Drozd after he had served a three-and-a-half prison sentence in full, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. He was convicted of breaking into the computer systems of the Minsk City Executive Committee in 2020.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities jailed D\u017amitryj Ha\u016drylin, a lead singer of the ethnic rock band Ban \u017dvirba, for 15 days, volunteer Illa Mirona\u016d reported. Ha\u016drylin is due to be released on February 9. The charges against him remain unknown.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk City Court sentenced businessman Hleb H\u0142adko\u016dski to five years in prison for online comments on the 2021 shootout involving an IT engineer and KGB officers, known as the &#8220;Zielcer case,&#8221; Viasna said. Human rights groups consider him a political prisoner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in the Brest region sentenced Juryj \u0160ylec to three months in jail for allegedly insulting an official, Viasna said. He was ordered to pay 250 rubels (about $93) in damages to the alleged victim.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Political analysts Valeryja Ka\u015bciuhova and Ta\u0107ciana Kuzina went on trial at the Minsk City Court, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported. They face a number of criminal charges, including plotting to seize power.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The same court will hear a case against Pavie\u0142 Bie\u0142avus, founder and owner of the Symbal.by store selling national-themed goods, on February 20, Viasna said. Charges against him include high treason, organizing protests, calls to harm national security and leading an extremist group.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New political prisoners\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarusian human rights defenders declared 20 more people political prisoners. The new additions include politician Andrej D\u017amitryje\u016d, prominent teacher Ja\u016dhien Liviant and members of his family, and Aksana Zareckaja, a member of the Coordinating Council of Political Crisis Settlement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of February 7, human rights defenders identified at least 1,450 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 7, BPN. 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