{"id":46994,"date":"2023-05-25T18:02:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/associate-professor-greek-catholic-priest-arrested-in-navapolack\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"associate-professor-greek-catholic-priest-arrested-in-navapolack","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46994\/","title":{"rendered":"Associate professor, Greek Catholic priest arrested in Navapo\u0142ack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 25, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> This morning, police in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, arrested 76-year-old Halina Zacharkina, associate professor at Po\u0142ack State University&#8217;s architecture and design department, and Alaksandr \u0160a\u016dco\u016d, the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church&#8217;s priest in Po\u0142ack, a source has told <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Now they are being interrogated as &#8216;witnesses&#8217; in a criminal case, so that police could carry out a search and seize their equipment. After that, they would be brought to court&nbsp;and receive jail terms or fines,&#8221; the source said, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.<\/p>\n<p> Four PSU associate professors have been detained or arrested so far for following media outlets or posting content&nbsp;critical of the government.<\/p>\n<p> Halina \u0160arah\u0142azava, 73, chair of the geodesy department, and Alona Chramcova, a world literature instructor, were sentenced to 10 days in jail. Both rulings were made by judge Zinaida Ba\u0142abo\u0142ava yesterday.<\/p>\n<p> Over dozen PSU staff members were arrested in Po\u0142ack and Navapo\u0142ack this week. They included Siarhiej H\u0142azyryn, an associate professor of&nbsp;public administration, and Viktar \u010cara\u016dko, an associate professor of&nbsp;history. Both were sentenced to 15 days.<\/p>\n<p> A few days earlier, law enforcers also arrested employees of Navapo\u0142ack Central City Hospital. Five of them were sentenced to jail terms of 10 to 15 days.<\/p>\n<p>In March, authorities arrested employees of Po\u0142ack&#8217;s history and culture museum. Some of them were jailed under the Administrative Offences Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 25, BPN. This morning, police in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, arrested 76-year-old Halina Zacharkina, associate professor at Po\u0142ack State University&#8217;s architecture and design department, and Alaksandr \u0160a\u016dco\u016d, the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church&#8217;s priest in Po\u0142ack, a source has told BPN. &#8220;Now they are being interrogated as &#8216;witnesses&#8217; in a criminal case, so that police could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46994","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>Associate professor, Greek Catholic priest arrested in Navapo\u0142ack | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 25, BPN. 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