{"id":63765,"date":"2024-01-29T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=63765"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"nizkiz-band-members-face-criminal-charges-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63765\/","title":{"rendered":"Nizkiz band members face criminal charges \u2013 rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian authorities have opened criminal cases against Nizkiz band members Alaksandar Illin, Siarhiej Kul\u0161a and D\u017amitryj Chala\u016dkin, the human rights group Mayday.Team reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth band member, Leanid Nie\u015bciaruk, is in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has not said what charges the authorities are pressing against them. The men have been transferred to the detention center on Va\u0142adarskaha Street in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were arrested on January 5. Later this month, a district court in Mahilo\u016d tried them for allegedly spreading extremism. The sentence is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian television claimed that Nizkiz had fled Belarus after the 2020 unrest but decided to return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, human rights defenders said they stayed in the country and went on tours occasionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nizkiz was founded in 2008 in Mahilo\u016d. It has five studio albums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities have opened criminal cases against Nizkiz band members Alaksandar Illin, Siarhiej Kul\u0161a and D\u017amitryj Chala\u016dkin, the human rights group Mayday.Team reported. The fourth band member, Leanid Nie\u015bciaruk, is in Warsaw. It has not said what charges the authorities are pressing against them. 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