{"id":45761,"date":"2023-02-18T15:16:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T12:16:47","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\/45761\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<b>February 18, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on February 17.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t One arrested, several released\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Hrodna police arrested businessman Andrej Alije\u016d for allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and signing up for the opposition&#8217;s Pieramoha Plan, a pro-government source said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released Valancin \u0141aba\u010do\u016d after he had served 18 months in prison for online comments on charges of insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka, <span>MAYDAY.TEAM<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities also released musician Siarhiej Daliviela after he had served two years in prison for online comments on the 2021 shootout involving an IT engineer and KGB officers, known as the &#8220;Zielcer case,&#8221; <span>Dissidentby<\/span> said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Homiel Regional Court sentenced ten Rabo\u010dy Ruch (Workers&#8217; Movement) activists to lengthy prison terms ranging from 11 to 15 years on a number of criminal charges, including high treason, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Hrodna sentenced Kiry\u0142 Suslin to two and a half years in prison for online comments on the 2021 shootout involving an IT engineer and KGB officers, known as the &#8220;Zielcer case.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk Regional Court will start hearing the criminal case against former presidential hopeful Valer Capka\u0142a on March 1 without the defendant being present, the Supreme Court said. He faces 12 criminal charges, including taking bribes, creating an extremist group, inciting hatred and calling for terrorist attacks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Maksim Sela\u017anio\u016d and D\u017amitry Marcinkievi\u010d will go on trial in Minsk on the same day over blowing up a police car in January 2022, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk City Court will start hearing the case against 18 people accused of acts of terrorism on March 6, including an alleged attack on MP Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d, <span>BPN<\/span> reported. Defendants include Vadzim Prakopje\u016d, one of the founders of the Belarusian volunteer regiment Pahonia fighting Russia in Ukraine, and former police officers Ihar \u010camiakin and Dzianis Chamicevi\u010d. All three are based outside Belarus and will be tried in absentia.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities charged human rights defender Anastasija \u0141ojka with an offense against public order and incitement to hatred over her report about the persecution of Belarusian anarchists, critical of the police, Human Constanta reported. If found guilty, \u0141ojka may be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Minsk tour guide Valeryja \u010carnamorcava might have left Belarus, Viasna said. In January, authorities sentenced her to two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist list updates\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian interior ministry has blacklisted 26 more people as extremists, taking their total to 2,442, <span>BPN<\/span> reported. The new additions include people convicted in politically-motivated cases, including journalist Alaksandr Lubian\u010duk and Mika\u0142aj Bredziele\u016d, ex-spokesman for the Austria-owned A1 telecommunications company.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist content updates\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities blacklisted a number of opposition social media pages as well as a website and pages linked to the outlawed Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaja Hramada) and its leader Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, <span>BPN<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of February 18, human rights defenders identified at least 1,443 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 18, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on February 17. One arrested, several released Hrodna police arrested businessman Andrej Alije\u016d for allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and signing up for the opposition&#8217;s Pieramoha Plan, a pro-government source said. Authorities released Valancin \u0141aba\u010do\u016d after he had served 18 months in prison for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45761","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=\"February 18, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on February 17. 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