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\n\n Singer Alaksandar Illin, bass guitarist Siarhiej Kul\u0161a and drummer D\u017amitryj Chala\u016dkin\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Belarus 4 Mogilev screengrabs)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

January 6, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Police have arrested three members of the Belarusian rock band Nizkiz, Belarus 4 Mogilev<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state-run TV station did not say if any charges have been brought against singer Alaksandar Illin, bass guitarist Siarhiej Kul\u0161a and drummer D\u017amitryj Chala\u016dkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead guitar player Liavon Niesciaruk is reportedly staying abroad out of harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus 4 Mogilev<\/em> claimed that the musicians left Belarus after 2020 and decided to come back. However, the Viasna Human Rights Center said that they actually lived in the country and frequently traveled abroad for gigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an apparent effort to discredit the rockers, the TV station showed armed security officers rummaging through the musicians\u2019 messy apartments and their forced confessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TV station trumpeted the arrests as a big success for the government of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illin and Chalia\u016dkin, who seemed to be doing little more than uttering lines from a script in front of the camera, said that they were manipulated by opposition into performing at anti-government rallies. Both expressed regret about it. Kul\u0161a just said a few phrases without confessing to anything or expressing regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arrest comes as a big blow to opposition supporters, many of whom watched Nizkiz perform a few day ago at a New Year\u2019s Day show broadcast by Belsat TV<\/em>, a Belarusian television station labeled by Minsk an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja condemned the raids as an \u201cattack on our culture\u201d and \u201canother shameful act of revenge by the regime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2008 in Mahilo\u016d in eastern Belarus, the band has five studio albums<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 6, Pozirk. Police have arrested three members of the Belarusian rock band Nizkiz, Belarus 4 Mogilev reported. The state-run TV station did not say if any charges have been brought against singer Alaksandar Illin, bass guitarist Siarhiej Kul\u0161a and drummer D\u017amitryj Chala\u016dkin. Lead guitar player Liavon Niesciaruk is reportedly staying abroad out of harm\u2019s way. Belarus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59411,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-59518","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPolice brutally arrest Nizkiz musicians, release forced confessions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 6, Pozirk. Police have arrested three members of the Belarusian rock band Nizkiz, Belarus 4 Mogilev reported. 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