{"id":81742,"date":"2024-04-24T11:48:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/81742\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"apartment-of-jailed-rights-defender-labkovic-sold-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/81742\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartment of jailed rights defender \u0141abkovi\u010d sold at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 24, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Authorities yesterday sold at auction the Minsk apartment of human rights defender U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d for 145,390 rubels ($44,676) to one of the three bidders who participated, e-auction.by<\/em> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same day, authorities tried to auction off 1\/7th of an office property owned by his associate Valancin Stefanovi\u010d but failed to sell the lot with a starting price of 33,000 rubels ($10,140).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both human rights defenders are serving lengthy prison terms on charges widely seen as politically motivated. \u0141abkovi\u010d, coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign, was given seven years and deputy head of the Viasna Human Rights Center Stefanovi\u010d, nine years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2023, authorities also sentenced Viasna’s head and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ale\u015b Bialacki to 10 years in prison, blacklisting Viasna as extremist group a few months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior ministry claimed that the group, which documents and reports human rights violations, threatened national security by allegedly discrediting and insulting officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, authorities auctioned off apartments of former presidential hopefuls Valeryj Capka\u0142a and Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski and his wife \u015aviat\u0142ana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capka\u0142a and \u015aviat\u0142ana fled the country in 2020, while Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski is serving a lengthy prison term and is regarded by human rights groups as a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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