{"id":61335,"date":"2024-01-16T18:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=61335"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"juvenile-political-prisoner-chaziej-released-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/61335\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile political prisoner Chaziej released \u2013 rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hazey_dzianis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hazey_dzianis.jpg 725w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hazey_dzianis-214x236.jpg 214w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hazey_dzianis-444x490.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Viasna Brest has reported that on December 30 authorities released Dzianis Chaziej, 20, who served a three-year sentence in a colony for participating in alleged mass riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security forces arrested Chaziej in the spring of 2021 when he was 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors said he had participated in a protest in Brest on August 10, 2020. According to investigators, he and other young people weaponized sticks, trash cans, stones, bottles, and pyrotechnic products, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the defendants pleaded partially guilty, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported from the courtroom. &#8220;I was there and participated, but did not cause violence or commit pogroms.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Viasna, 11 teenage political prisoners were behind bars in November 2023: Siarhiej Chackievi\u010d, Eduard Kudyniuk, Maksim Imchavik, Ivan Paciaj\u010duk, Dzianis Chaziej, Alaksandar Viniarski, Pavie\u0142 Piskun, Aleh Dabrydnio\u016d, Arciom Vajciachovi\u010d, and Mikita Bruj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities arrested all of them when they were minors and later sentenced to prison. Chackievi\u010d was also released shortly before New Year&#8217;s Day, according to human rights defenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 16, Pozirk. Viasna Brest has reported that on December 30 authorities released Dzianis Chaziej, 20, who served a three-year sentence in a colony for participating in alleged mass riots. Security forces arrested Chaziej in the spring of 2021 when he was 17. Prosecutors said he had participated in a protest in Brest on August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61305,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-61335","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>Juvenile political prisoner Chaziej released \u2013 rights group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 16, Pozirk. 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