{"id":46837,"date":"2023-05-15T12:16:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T09:16:15","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\/46837\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>May 15, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 13 and 14 as authorities continue using criminal charges to intimidate dissenters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Viktar Babaryka\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka is at a general hospital in Kaladzi\u010dy near Minsk, a staff member at Detention Center No 1 told his team&#8217;s volunteer. A worker rights group reported Babaryka\u2019s hospitalization with signs of beating and a collapsed lung on April 26. Two days later, his team said his whereabouts were unknown.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrested and released\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested \u017dana Vo\u0142kava at a parent-teacher meeting in one of Homiel&#8217;s schools, <span>Flagshtok<\/span> reported. She is held in pre-trial detention and may be charged with inciting hatred.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released U\u0142adzimir Soka\u0142 after he had served two years in prison on charges of insulting a public official and threatening violence against police officers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Since the start of 2023, Minsk law enforcers brought criminal charges against seven people accused of abusing state symbols, the Investigative Committee said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksiej Ha\u0142o\u016dkin currently serving a three-year prison term faces two new criminal charges, MAYDAY.TEAM reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Ja\u016dhien Liviant, co-founder of 100 Ballov education center, will go on trial on May 19 at the Masko\u016dski District Court in Minsk, the court&#8217;s electronic schedule says. Liviant&#8217;s wife Julija, daughter Hanna, son-in-law Mikita Drozd, business partner Alaksiej Ivano\u016d and a certain Alaksandra Ensajn are the defendants in the case. Authorities accuse them of participating in protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Prison authorities placed Andrej \u015aciepanienka in a punishment cell, a Telegram channel monitoring politically-motivated persecution in Hrodna and the Hrodna region said. He is currently serving an 18-month prison term at a prison in Babrujsk, Mahilo\u016d region, for allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Anton Sta\u0161e\u016dski, sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of plotting to seize power, was transferred to Penal Colony No 15 in Mahilo\u016d, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of May 15, human rights defenders identified at least 1,483 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 15, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 13 and 14 as authorities continue using criminal charges to intimidate dissenters. Viktar Babaryka Former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka is at a general hospital in Kaladzi\u010dy near Minsk, a staff member at Detention Center No 1 told his team&#8217;s volunteer. A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46837","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=\"May 15, BPN. 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