{"id":70430,"date":"2024-02-29T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70430\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"viasna-at-least-100-brought-to-trial-over-foreign-aid-from-ineedhelpby","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70430\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna: at least 100 tried for aid from INeedHelpBY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian courts tried at least 100 people since the beginning of February for allegedly &#8220;using foreign aid to conduct extremist activities,&#8221; the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charge carries a fine of 10-30 times the Base Rate with the confiscation of the aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the updated data, security forces raided, interrogated or arrested at least 287 people, most of them women, in late January over food deliveries organized by the IneedHelpBY nonprofit through the Edostavka service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna lawyer Pavie\u0142 Sapie\u0142ka said this was &#8220;arbitrary persecution of people who had not violated any legal rules&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights activists advised the victims to appeal court decisions hoping for reversal or postponement. These appeals allow the activists to document political reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IneedHelpBY, which helps repression victims with food, was launched in 2020. Last month, authorities labeled it as an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were no hacks or leaks from the organization that could have caused the wave of searches and raids, IneedHelpBY head Filip Ha\u016dry\u0161a\u016d said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 29, Pozirk. Belarusian courts tried at least 100 people since the beginning of February for allegedly &#8220;using foreign aid to conduct extremist activities,&#8221; the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The charge carries a fine of 10-30 times the Base Rate with the confiscation of the aid. 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