{"id":64371,"date":"2024-02-01T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=64371"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution-123","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/64371\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 31 as authorities kept persecuting opponents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahilo\u016d police arrested Alesia Siarhiejenka, a mother of two and wife of Maksim Siarhiejenka, a man designated as political prisoner by human rights groups, MAYDAY TEAM said on Telegram. She may be held in a pre-trial detention center. Her husband is due to be released in a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volha Sacy\u016dka from the Viciebsk region was fined for sharing opposition content on Odnoklassniki, the <em>Vitebsk, Ya Gulayu! Novosti Vitebska<\/em> Telegram channel reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New criminal charges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jailed anarchist activist D\u017amitryj Rezanovi\u010d was accused of disobeying prison administration, the <em>AChK Belarus<\/em> Telegram channel said. The date of the trial remains unknown. Rezanovi\u010d is serving a 19-year term on charges widely seen as politically motivated and is said to be ill-treated by the administration in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 18, a judge in Minsk sentenced Mikita Kavale\u016dski to two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement on protest-related charges, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 12, businessman U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Miale\u0161ka from the Minsk region\u2019s Ma\u0142adzie\u010dna district was given a similar sentence for participating in a 2020 postelection rally, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A judge in Viciebsk sentenced D\u017amitryj Palako\u016d to 18 months in prison for allegedly insulting an official, <em>Vitebsk, Ya gulayu! Novosti Vitebska<\/em> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other instances of persecution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In at least three cases, police visited parents of Belarusian emigrants to encourage their children to apply to a special government commission for safe return, Viasna reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of February 1, human rights defenders said that at least 1,427 political prisoners were still serving their sentences, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 1, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 31 as authorities kept persecuting opponents.&nbsp; Arrests Mahilo\u016d police arrested Alesia Siarhiejenka, a mother of two and wife of Maksim Siarhiejenka, a man designated as political prisoner by human rights groups, MAYDAY TEAM said on Telegram. 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