{"id":46588,"date":"2023-04-21T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T08:00:12","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\/46588\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>A<\/b><b>pril 21, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 20.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Danii\u0142 Archanhielski, Karyna Mar\u010duk and another person (name not disclosed) in the Brest region for sharing opposition social media posts, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A resident of Viciebsk is under arrest for Telegram posts with instructions to prepare Molotov cocktails and resisting police during protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Minsk police arrested Danii\u0142 Karankievi\u010d. He admitted under duress to participating in 2020 protests, signing up for the opposition Pieramoha plan&nbsp;and contacting a police-administered chatbot that he thought was run by the opposition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Minsk soccer fan Pavie\u0142&nbsp;Viniel and forced him to admit to participating in protests, supporting far-right views, making offensive comments, and keeping a portrait of Hitler.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities filed criminal charges against businesswoman Viktoryja Ha\u016drylina, wife of D\u017amitryj Ha\u016drylin, head of the Homiel engine repair plant and frontman of the Ban-\u017dvirba band. Both were arrested in late January. D\u017amitryj was released after he had served 30 days in jail for sharing opposition content, while Vikroryja faces charges of tax evasion, subscribing to opposition content, financing extremist activities and leaking police officers&#8217; personal data.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Former police special forces officer Jan Papkovi\u010d will go on trial in Minsk on May 10. He is accused of participating in protests and intentions to fight&nbsp;Russia in Ukraine. Police arrested him in early September 2022, one day before his planned departure for Poland.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist list updates\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Committee for Ste Security (KGB) blacklisted Viktar Sava\u0161evi\u010d as a person &#8220;involved in terrorist activities,&#8221; <span>BPN<\/span> reported. He is currently serving an 11-year prison term for allegedly running a Telegram channel sharing the personal data of judges involved in politically-motivated persecution in Belarus. Human rights groups consider him a political prisoner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The information ministry blocked access to&nbsp;<span>audiobooks.by<\/span> containing links to more than 500 books from various sources, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of April 21, human rights defenders identified at least 1,489 political prisoners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 20. Arrests Police arrested Danii\u0142 Archanhielski, Karyna Mar\u010duk and another person (name not disclosed) in the Brest region for sharing opposition social media posts, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. 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