{"id":54974,"date":"2023-12-12T14:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54974"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-new-life-church","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54974\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court upholds ban on New Life Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newlife_building_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newlife_building_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newlife_building_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        New Life Church being demolished in Minsk\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Association of Full Gospel Christian Communities in Belarus)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Supreme Court has upheld the Minsk City Court&#8217;s ruling to dissolve the Protestant New Life Church, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minsk city government accused the church of violating of the religion law and carrying out &#8220;extremist&#8221; activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Life Church was founded in 1992, and authorities have been harassing it since the early 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the 2020 presidential election, its pastor Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Han\u010darenka condemned police brutality against protesters. In February 2021, the city authorities evicted the congregation from the building, a former barn renovated by the community. Parishioners prayed in the streets and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, Han\u010darenka was jailed for defying police orders. Authorities also blacklisted Instagram posts, a YouTube video and a VKontakte group by the New Life Church as extremist content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under current law, activities of unregistered or outlawed religious communities can be punished by a prison sentence of up to two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 12, Pozirk. The Supreme Court has upheld the Minsk City Court&#8217;s ruling to dissolve the Protestant New Life Church, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. The Minsk city government accused the church of violating of the religion law and carrying out &#8220;extremist&#8221; activities. The New Life Church was founded in 1992, and authorities have been harassing it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":52847,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-54974","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court upholds ban on New Life Church | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 12, Pozirk. 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