{"id":78280,"date":"2024-04-08T16:12:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/78280\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"former-dissident-lecturer-leaves-belarus-bysol","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/78280\/","title":{"rendered":"Former dissident lecturer leaves Belarus \u2013 BySol"},"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\/04\/filatchenkova_bguir_vesna_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/filatchenkova_bguir_vesna_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/filatchenkova_bguir_vesna_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/filatchenkova_bguir_vesna_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/filatchenkova_bguir_vesna_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/filatchenkova_bguir_vesna_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna Human Rights Center)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Volha Fi\u0142at\u010dankava, former lecturer at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, has left Belarus, Andrej Stry\u017eak of the BySol Foundation reported on Facebook, citing increased threats of a new persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2021, she was convicted for participating in 2020 protests together with her students. She and ten other defendants pleaded not guilty in court and were given prison sentences of two and a half years. Hleb Ficner, the only one who pleaded guilty, was given two years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups considered all defendants political prisoners. Fi\u0142at\u010dankava was released in November 2022 after serving her prison term in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Convicted former students, lecturer free after serving their terms<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 30, BPN. Authorities have released ten former students convicted in connection with post-election protests after they had served their sentences in full, Belsat TV reported. Those freed include former students Ksenija Syrama\u0142ot, Jagor Kaniecki, Illa Trachtenberh, Kaciaryna Bud\u017ako, Jana &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/44704\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 8, Pozirk. Volha Fi\u0142at\u010dankava, former lecturer at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, has left Belarus, Andrej Stry\u017eak of the BySol Foundation reported on Facebook, citing increased threats of a new persecution. In July 2021, she was convicted for participating in 2020 protests together with her students. 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