{"id":47560,"date":"2023-07-07T11:41:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T08:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/update-on-trials-politically-motivated-persecution\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"update-on-trials-politically-motivated-persecution","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47560\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>July 7, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on July 6 as authorities keep filing charges linked to online activity and participation in protests against vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On June 22, a judge in Pinsk, Brest region, sentenced Kiry\u0142 Barysa\u016d to two years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility for allegedly insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, the Brest branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A week later, Ta\u0107ciana Za\u0142atar was given one year of restricted freedom in home confinement on charges of participating in protests, Viasna reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Former lawyer Julija Jurhilevi\u010d will go on trial together with journalist Pavie\u0142 Ma\u017eejka on July 10, Viasna said. Authorities accuse them of facilitating extremism.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A judge in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, fined Kaciaryna Le\u016d 3,700 rubels (over $1,200) and sentenced her to two years in prison for allegedly insulting a public official, according to Viasna.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Lozna District Court in the Viciebsk region fined Mikita Bie\u0142avusa\u016d, an employee at Naftan oil refinery, 1,110 rubels (some $360) for sharing opposition content, Viasna reported. The court also ordered the confiscation of his smartphone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist lit update\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities blacklisted the <span>Dobrushskiy kray<\/span> Telegram channel as well as the <span>belbostan, belarusea and bialorusini.krakow<\/span> Instagram accounts as extremist content, the interior ministry reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Jailed opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk was transferred from a mental health facility to Minsk&#8217;s Detention Center No 1 following psychiatric tests, her husband Andrej \u0160arenda said on Facebook.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On July 7, a court may decide on tougher conditions for jailed Siarhiej Traciuk, currently serving a four-year prison term over protests, Viasna reported. He may be transferred from a penal colony to a closed prison for the third of his term.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of June 7, human rights defenders identified at least 1,493 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>July 7, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on July 6 as authorities keep filing charges linked to online activity and participation in protests against vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election. Criminal proceedings On June 22, a judge in Pinsk, Brest region, sentenced Kiry\u0142 Barysa\u016d to two years of restricted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47560","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 trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 7, BPN. 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