{"id":45826,"date":"2023-02-23T14:03:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/justice-ministry-disbars-four-defense-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"justice-ministry-disbars-four-defense-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 23, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The justice ministry&#8217;s qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It disbarred Aksana Bie\u0142aja, Volha Dziamid\u010dyk, Natalla Vo\u0142kava and Siarhiej Dziemjan\u010duk. On January 25, the commission found their qualifications to be insufficient for the performance of their duties.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Bie\u0142aja was a defense attorney for <span>Tut.by<\/span> editor in chief Maryna Zo\u0142atava, who is currently on trial on charges widely seen as politically motivated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The commission also said that lawyer Ihar D\u017aja\u010dko\u016d does not fully meet the qualification requirements. It will decide on his case within six months. It also ruled that lawyer Ta\u0107ciana Kavalevi\u010d is unable to perform her professional duties due to insufficient qualifications.\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 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 Defense attorneys faced criminal charges while some had to flee Belarus fearing politically-motivated persecution. Human rights groups list at least six lawyers as political prisoners.\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>February 23, BPN. The justice ministry&#8217;s qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported. It disbarred Aksana Bie\u0142aja, Volha Dziamid\u010dyk, Natalla Vo\u0142kava and Siarhiej Dziemjan\u010duk. On January 25, the commission found their qualifications to be insufficient for the performance of their duties. Bie\u0142aja was a defense attorney for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45826","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 four defense lawyers | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 23, BPN. The justice ministry&#039;s qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported. It\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 23, BPN. The justice ministry&#039;s qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported. It\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/\"},\"headline\":\"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-23T11:03:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/\",\"name\":\"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-23T11:03:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"February 23, BPN. The justice ministry's qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported. It\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers | Pozirk","description":"February 23, BPN. The justice ministry's qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported. It","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers | Pozirk","og_description":"February 23, BPN. The justice ministry's qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported. It","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/"},"headline":"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers","datePublished":"2023-02-23T11:03:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/"},"wordCount":229,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/","name":"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-02-23T11:03:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"February 23, BPN. The justice ministry's qualification commission has revoked the licenses of four lawyers to practice law, the ministry reported. It","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45826\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Justice ministry disbars four defense lawyers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/45826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=45826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}