{"id":46308,"date":"2023-03-31T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T09:10:57","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\/46308\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>March 31, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on March 30.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrested and released\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Minsk police arrested Aleksei Moskalev, the Russian national who had escaped from under house arrest and fled to Belarus shortly before his trial, the <span>SOTA<\/span> Telegram channel reported. A Russian judge had sentenced Moskalev to two years in prison for his 13-year-old daughter\u2019s anti-war protest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A villager was arrested in the Homiel region for liking a post of an independent media outlet, <span>Radio Svaboda<\/span> reported. She has been working as a caretaker for an elderly person with a disability and also has a number of own health issues.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Infa Kurjer editor in chief Siarhiej Stankievi\u010d and his deputy Aleh Rub\u010denia were released after they had spent 15 days in jail for allegedly disobeying police orders, <span>Na\u0161a Niva <\/span>reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities jailed former Po\u0142ack museum head Tamara D\u017eumantajeva and photographer Kiry\u0142 Smalako\u016d for 15 days for sharing opposition content, <span>BPN<\/span> reported. Police released several other arrested history museum workers, mostly women, but seized their gadgets and set trial dates. They are accused of commenting and reacting to posts on social media and messengers, sources say.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Investigators charged former prosecutor Kanstancin Prytulenka with helping a group of people to incite hatred, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Software engineer Andrej Barana\u016d faces charges of financing terrorist activities, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. Police arrested him after searching his home on March 28.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Minsk Regional Court sentenced Vasil Jermako\u016d, a former employee at Bank BelVEB, to six years in prison on charges of illegal possession and handling of personal data, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A court in Homiel sentenced Ta\u0107ciana Kurylina to four and a half years in prison for running protest chats, <span>Radio Svaboda<\/span> reported. She was also ordered to pay a fine of 3,700 rubels (about $1,300) and 23,000 rubels (over $8,000) in damages to the alleged victims. Kurylina came back to Belarus after authorities launched a campaign encouraging political emigrants to return home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities transferred former investigator Mikita Stara\u017eenka to Prison No 3 in the Viciebsk district to serve his seven-year prison term, Viasna said. He was convicted of inciting hatred and illegal handling of personal data.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Minsk police raided the homes of activists who were collecting signatures against the construction of a cocoa processing facility at the Kamunarka candy factory.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New political prisoners\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian human rights community labeled 10 more people as political prisoners. They are persecuted for interviews with opposition media, sharing information with them and financing opposition activities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist content updates\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A district court in Minsk blacklisted six articles by the S\u0142uck-based newspaper <span>Infa Kurjer <\/span>as extremist content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of March 31, human rights defenders identified at least 1,475 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on March 30. Arrested and released Minsk police arrested Aleksei Moskalev, the Russian national who had escaped from under house arrest and fled to Belarus shortly before his trial, the SOTA Telegram channel reported. A Russian judge had sentenced Moskalev to two years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46308","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=\"March 31, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on March 30. 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