{"id":47189,"date":"2023-06-09T11:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T08:48:05","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\/47189\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 9, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on June 8 as authorities kept punishing Belarusians for allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In May, human rights defenders recorded at least three arrests of drivers on the M1 highway connecting Belarus with Russia after police checked their smartphones for opposition content, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A resident of Minsk was arrested for allegedly wearing a &#8220;protest&#8221; t-shirt, a pro-government source said. Police also found the Ukrainian coat of arms in his possession.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On June 6, a court in Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region, sentenced university student Alina Koval, 18, to two years of restricted freedom in home confinement on charges of insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka, the Brest branch of Viasna reported. The hearing was held on university premises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Pavie\u0142 Jan\u010duk was imprisoned for one year on similar charges in Brest, according to Viasna.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Judge Ja\u016dhienija Mielnik in Pinsk sentenced U\u0142adzimir Chmura to two years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility for an online comment allegedly insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka, Viasna said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Roman Catholic priest Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Adamovi\u010d arrested in late May in Miory, Viciebsk region, was sentenced to seven days in jail, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija said. Authorities accused him of gross violation of public order and sharing opposition content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t There has been no news from jailed opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d for 120 days, his wife Maryna Adamovi\u010d said on Facebook. Earlier, prison authorities informed her that her husband had been placed in solitary confinement for six months.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Jailed philosopher U\u0142adzimir Mackievi\u010d has developed health issues in prison, wife \u015aviat\u0142ana Mackievi\u010d told <span>Narodnaja Vola<\/span>. His lawyer is allowed only rare visits.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t All political prisoners held at Penal Colony No 20 in Mazyr, Homiel region, are sent to punishment cells following quarantine, MAYDAY.TEAM reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of June 9, human rights defenders identified at least 1,490 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>June 9, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on June 8 as authorities kept punishing Belarusians for allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka. Arrests In May, human rights defenders recorded at least three arrests of drivers on the M1 highway connecting Belarus with Russia after police checked their smartphones for opposition content, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47189","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=\"June 9, BPN. 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