{"id":4696,"date":"2023-10-13T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T08:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=4696"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution-46","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/4696\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 13,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 12 as authorities added to the terrorist register seven more people, including a prominent rights defender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrested and released<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested another suspect in the 2020 round dance protest in Brest, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.&nbsp; A 50-year-old woman was reportedly identified on the video footage and faces charges of gross violations of public order. Belarusian judges have already sentenced over 130 people in this case, the Investigative Committee said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities released Marharyta Zotava and Mikita Chilkievi\u010d, who had served two-year prison terms on charges of damaging property and gross violations of public order, respectively, the Homiel branch of Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prosecutor requested 18 months in prison for Alaksandar Do\u016dhal whose trial concluded in Brest, Viasna said. Authorities persecuted him on charges of insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and public officials but have not yet disclosed the verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vasil Dzemidovi\u010d will go on his seventh trial on October 19 in Staryja Darohi, Minsk region, on similar charges, Viasna reported. He has been in custody for over a year and faces at least six more years behind bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Nievar went on trial on extremism-related charges in Homiel, the Homiel branch of Viasna said. Authorities accuse him of following and contributing to opposition Telegram channels in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tour guide Aleh D\u017aja\u010dko\u016d from Mahilo\u016d was jailed for 10 days on unclear charges,&nbsp;<em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em>&nbsp;reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terrorist list update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee for State Security (KGB) added seven names to its register of people &#8220;involved in terrorist activities,&#8221; including jailed human rights defender Anastasija \u0141ojka, Viasna reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other instances of persecution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jailed opposition activist Alena \u0141azar\u010dyk has not been in touch since September, Viasna reported. She is currently serving an eight-year prison term on charges widely seen as politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of October 13, human rights defenders identified at least 1,484 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 13,\u00a0Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 12 as authorities added to the terrorist register seven more people, including a prominent rights defender. Arrested and released Police arrested another suspect in the 2020 round dance protest in Brest, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.&nbsp; A 50-year-old woman was reportedly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-4696","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=\"October 13,\u00a0Pozirk. 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