{"id":81738,"date":"2024-04-24T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/81738\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"police-arrest-daughter-of-jailed-bpf-leader-kastusiou","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/81738\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest daughter of jailed BPF leader Kastusio\u016d"},"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\/kostuseva-1128-nn.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kostuseva-1128-nn.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kostuseva-1128-nn-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kostuseva-1128-nn-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kostuseva-1128-nn-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kostuseva-1128-nn-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Na\u0161a Niva)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Mahilo\u016d police have arrested Kaciaryna Kastusiova, daughter of the Belarusian Popular Front leader serving a 10-year prison term after being convicted in a high-profile case widely seen as politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A police-linked Telegram channel posted a video of her confession to collaborating with the outlawed Viasna Human Rights Center in 2020 and signing up for the opposition Pieramoha Plan in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video does not specify what charges she may face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2022, BPF leader Ryhor Kastusio\u016d was found guilty of conspiracy to seize power in connection with a Zoom call, in which he said he took part as a listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has received cancer treatment and has been complaining of deteriorating health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ulan_viasna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ulan_viasna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ulan_viasna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ulan_viasna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ulan_viasna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ulan_viasna.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Former newspaper publisher tried for third time in 10 months<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 23, Pozirk. The Smarho\u0144 District Court in the Hrodna region has considered a case against former political prisoner Ramuald U\u0142an, Sudy, Zaderzhaniya. Grodno i Oblast reported. The verdict is unknown. The former publisher of the independent Novaya Gazeta Smorgoni &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/81647\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 24, Pozirk. Mahilo\u016d police have arrested Kaciaryna Kastusiova, daughter of the Belarusian Popular Front leader serving a 10-year prison term after being convicted in a high-profile case widely seen as politically motivated. 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