{"id":56908,"date":"2023-12-21T20:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=56908"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"bialacki-lawyers-petition-un-group-on-arbitrary-detention","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56908\/","title":{"rendered":"Bialacki lawyers petition UN group on arbitrary detention"},"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\/bialiatski-viasna-744-21.12.2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bialiatski-viasna-744-21.12.2023.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bialiatski-viasna-744-21.12.2023-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ale\u015b Bialacki \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> International lawyers for Ale\u015b Bialacki, Belarus&#8217; imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, have petitioned the United Nations&#8217; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Viasna center said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawyers said that the Belarusian government imprisoned Bialacki and other Viasna leaders in retaliation for their human rights activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the outset, accusations against him were aimed at restricting his freedom of speech and association, while Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his media publicly proclaimed the Viasna leader guilty, &#8220;completely ignoring the presumption of innocence,&#8221; the legal team said, according to a press release in Belarusian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was unjustly detained for 17 months before officials brought him to trial, they said. The trial itself &#8220;was marred by egregious violations of due process.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryna Zapa\u015bnik, a judge sanctioned by the European Union for handing down guilty verdicts against peaceful protesters, sentenced him to 10 years in prison in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The working group investigates cases of alleged arbitrary detention for compliance with international standards. In October, it ruled that Belarusian journalist Ihar \u0141osik was detained and jailed solely for his professional activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21, Pozirk. International lawyers for Ale\u015b Bialacki, Belarus&#8217; imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, have petitioned the United Nations&#8217; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Viasna center said today. The lawyers said that the Belarusian government imprisoned Bialacki and other Viasna leaders in retaliation for their human rights activities. From the outset, accusations against him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":56866,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-56908","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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>Bialacki lawyers petition UN group on arbitrary detention | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 21, Pozirk. 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