{"id":71396,"date":"2024-03-06T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T11:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/71396\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"rights-groups-declare-activist-kudzik-political-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/71396\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups declare activist Kudzik political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/andrej_kudik_ex_pz_fb_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/andrej_kudik_ex_pz_fb_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/andrej_kudik_ex_pz_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/andrej_kudik_ex_pz_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/andrej_kudik_ex_pz_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/andrej_kudik_ex_pz_fb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Andrej Kudzik on social media)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Investigators press a criminal charge against Andrej Kudzik, a jailed activist from Vilejka, Minsk region, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the center, the man is accused of insulting an official and may face up to three years in prison, if convicted. Given his situation, Kudzik has been re-added to the list of political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kudzik is known for his short videos about mismanagement, poor roads, piles of fallen leaves etc. People usually complain about some poor practices, he comes and films and then posts short videos about it on his TikTok account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 9, the Ma\u0142adzie\u010dna District Court, Minsk region, labeled his TikTok account extremist. Soon after, on February 15, all contact with the man was lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police placed him at a detention center in Vilejka, Minsk region, for 15 days for an unspecified minor offense. He was not released after serving the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the human rights group, the Vilejka activist was \u201cpersecuted for picketing and expressing his civic position more than once in 2020 and 2021; he was detained, fined and arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2022, Kudzik was sentenced to two years in prison for violating Article 342 of the Criminal Code carrying punishment for organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order or active participation in such actions. The man refused to testify and pleaded not guilty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was released on July 18, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last October, Kudzik was sentenced to 15 days in jail for \u201cwishing Ukraine a happy Independence Day\u201d on TikTok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 6, Pozirk. Investigators press a criminal charge against Andrej Kudzik, a jailed activist from Vilejka, Minsk region, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. According to the center, the man is accused of insulting an official and may face up to three years in prison, if convicted. Given his situation, Kudzik has been re-added to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":67780,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-71396","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rights groups declare activist Kudzik political prisoner | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 6, Pozirk. 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