{"id":47326,"date":"2023-06-20T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/human-rights-defender-lojka-gets-seven-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"human-rights-defender-lojka-gets-seven-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47326\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights defender \u0141ojka gets seven years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 20, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>The Minsk City Court has sentenced human rights defender Anastasija \u0141ojka to seven years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In a trial behind closed doors, Judge Alena \u0160ylko found her guilty of inciting hatred.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The criminal case stemmed from the allegations that \u0141ojka was involved in drafting a report on the persecution of anarchist activists in 2018, human rights defenders said. Prosecutors interpreted the report\u2019s critical statements about police as incitement of hatred.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t \u0141ojka, a team member of the outlawed Human Constanta non-governmental organization, monitored changes in legislation and defended the rights of foreigners and stateless people in Belarus. In 2022, authorities jailed her several times for alleged minor offenses before filing criminal charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human Constanta urged international organizations to condemn the persecution of \u0141ojka and other Belarusian human rights defenders and use all available international mechanisms to force the authorities to stop the crackdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 20, BPN. The Minsk City Court has sentenced human rights defender Anastasija \u0141ojka to seven years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. In a trial behind closed doors, Judge Alena \u0160ylko found her guilty of inciting hatred. The criminal case stemmed from the allegations that \u0141ojka was involved in drafting a report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47326","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>Human rights defender \u0141ojka gets seven years in prison | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 20, BPN. 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