{"id":47298,"date":"2023-06-17T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/justice-ministry-bans-lawyer-who-defended-journalist-pacobut\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"justice-ministry-bans-lawyer-who-defended-journalist-pacobut","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47298\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice ministry bans lawyer who defended journalist Pa\u010dobut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>June 17, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Belarusian Ministry of Justice ruled yesterday that two lawyers must stop working &#8220;due to insufficient qualification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> One of them, Alaksandr Biry\u0142a\u016d, defended Andrej Pa\u010dobut, the jailed journalist and Polish minority activist. Another one is Pavie\u0142 Mirona\u016d.<\/p>\n<p> Three other attorneys could also lose their licenses, according to the ruling.<\/p>\n<p> The move is part of a crackdown on the legal profession following the disputed 2020 presidential election that sparked mass protests against authoritarian leader Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n<p> Many lawyers have faced criminal charges or been forced to leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka has said the bar should act by the law, not by &#8220;freedom of speech and other freedoms.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 17, BPN. The Belarusian Ministry of Justice ruled yesterday that two lawyers must stop working &#8220;due to insufficient qualification.&#8221; One of them, Alaksandr Biry\u0142a\u016d, defended Andrej Pa\u010dobut, the jailed journalist and Polish minority activist. Another one is Pavie\u0142 Mirona\u016d. Three other attorneys could also lose their licenses, according to the ruling. 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