{"id":47437,"date":"2023-06-28T11:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:44:02","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\/47437\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 28, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on June 27 with authorities keeping up pressure on jailed regime critics.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrests\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Hrodna police arrested Siarhiej Drahun for allegedly posting some 400 online comments insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, police officers and public officials, a pro-government source said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Jailed Alaksiej Kamaro\u016dski faces a new charge of insulting a public official, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. In February, authorities sentenced him to four years in prison for an alleged attempt to run over a traffic policeman during 2020 post-election protests in Minsk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities have transferred journalist Dzianis Iva\u0161yn to Prison No 8 in \u017dodzina, Minsk region, with tougher conditions, his wife Volha said. He is currently serving a 13-year term on charges widely seen as politically motivated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The two-year prison sentence has entered into force for U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Dubro\u016dski, Viasna reported. Authorities persecuted him for participation in 2020 protests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Supreme Court upheld a lower court\u2019s ruling against Ukrainian Pavel Kupryenko and Belarusian Taras Ma\u010dynski sentenced on charges of spying and high treason to seven and ten years, respectively, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office said. The case also involved Dzmitryj Sa\u0142avian\u010dyk fined 14,800 rubels (some $5,900) for failing to tip off the police.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Jailed Alina Zaba\u0161tanskaja suffered several epilepsy episodes at the women&#8217;s prison in Homiel where she is serving a two-year prison term for online comments, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist content update\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities blacklisted<span> Luninec i Dubonosov<\/span>, <span>Strana Belarus<\/span> and <span>Nasha Belarus <\/span>pages on Odnoklassniki, Viasna&#8217;s Twitter account as well as the website and social media of singer Andrej Ciapin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs of June 28, human rights defenders identified at least 1,498 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 28, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on June 27 with authorities keeping up pressure on jailed regime critics. Arrests Hrodna police arrested Siarhiej Drahun for allegedly posting some 400 online comments insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, police officers and public officials, a pro-government source said. New criminal cases Jailed Alaksiej Kamaro\u016dski [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47437","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 28, BPN. 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