{"id":46575,"date":"2023-04-20T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:01:51","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\/46575\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>April 20, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 19.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Anatol \u0160\u010dyhalo\u016d in Re\u010dyca, Homiel region, the Palesse branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. A Telegram channel linked to police posted a video where he admits under duress to sharing opposition content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested a 29-year-old resident of Masty, Hrodna region, for alleged intentions to join the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment of Belarusian volunteers fighting Russia in Ukraine, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police sent to prosecutors the case against the Viciebsk art manager and musician U\u0142adzimir Bu\u0142a\u016dski, arrested in December 2022 over 2020 protests, the Viciebsk branch of Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Aleh Zavadski&nbsp;to three and a half years in prison for making negative comments about Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and calling for violence against the Russian military and the Belarusian law enforcers. In mid-February, the Committee for State Security (KGB) blacklisted him as a person involved in terrorist activities.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Detention conditions\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities may place jailed anarchist activist Ja\u016dhien Ruba\u0161ka into internal prison, the electronic court schedule says. In April, he was sentenced to a five-year prison term on charges widely seen as politically-motivated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities transferred jailed journalist D\u017amitryj Siem\u010danka to the Baranavi\u010dy detention center in the Brest region, Viasna reported. The former head of Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press pool at the state-run <span>ONT<\/span> TV channel is currently serving three in prison on charges of inciting hatred.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Jailed opposition activist Vadzim Hurman may be subjected to torture in prison, Viasna said. The man reportedly developed health issues after spending at least 35 days in solitary confinement. A few days ago prison staff allegedly have been beating him for six hours and poured cold water on him to keep him conscious.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t U\u0142adzimir Haroch, currently serving seven years in prison on charges widely seen as politically-motivated, may be transferred to an internal prison after a hearing on April 28.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Switzerland refused the asylum request of Alaksiej Velikasielec who fled Belarus fearing politically-motivated persecution, <span>Novaya Gazeta<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist list updates\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities blacklisted several opposition social media accounts, including <span>MOST Media<\/span> with 36,500 subscribers, <span>Zmahar<\/span> with 10,700 subscribers, and <span>Nerusso Turisto<\/span> with 49,900 subscribers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of April 20, human rights defenders identified at least 1,492 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 20, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 19. Arrests Police arrested Anatol \u0160\u010dyhalo\u016d in Re\u010dyca, Homiel region, the Palesse branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. A Telegram channel linked to police posted a video where he admits under duress to sharing opposition content. New criminal cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46575","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=\"April 20, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 19. 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