{"id":46285,"date":"2023-03-29T19:35:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/prosecutor-demands-19-years-in-prison-for-former-presidential-hopeful-capkala\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"prosecutor-demands-19-years-in-prison-for-former-presidential-hopeful-capkala","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46285\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor demands 19 years in prison for former presidential hopeful Capka\u0142a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>March 29, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The state prosecutor has demanded that former presidential hopeful&nbsp;Valer Capka\u0142a be sentenced to 19 years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n<p> The trial began in the Minsk Regional Court on March 1, without the defendant being present. Capka\u0142a and his children had fled Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Half of the charges against him are &#8216;political,'&#8221; Viasna said. But the prosecutors underscore his alleged economic crimes, it added, quoting the state media. For instance, the Belarusian Hi-Tech Park reportedly claimed that Capka\u0142a had abused his power while running it.<\/p>\n<p>Capka\u0142a commented on the opening of the trial by saying that&nbsp;Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s&nbsp;regime will be accountable to the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 29, BPN. The state prosecutor has demanded that former presidential hopeful&nbsp;Valer Capka\u0142a be sentenced to 19 years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. The trial began in the Minsk Regional Court on March 1, without the defendant being present. Capka\u0142a and his children had fled Belarus. &#8220;Half of the charges against him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46285","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>Prosecutor demands 19 years in prison for former presidential hopeful Capka\u0142a | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 29, BPN. 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