{"id":83013,"date":"2024-05-01T12:22:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83013\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-minsk-engineer-given-lengthy-prison-term-for-sharing-officials-data","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83013\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: Minsk engineer given lengthy prison term for sharing officials\u2019 data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 1, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Dissidentby rights group reported a nine-year prison sentence passed in Minsk on April 12 against Minskenierha engineer Artur Piad\u017ako for disclosing the personal data of about 500 officials during the 2020 political crisis. He was also ordered to pay more than $100,000 in damages to the alleged victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on April 30 included continued authorities\u2019 harassment of jailed opponents as the administration of Babrujsk\u2019s Penal Colony No 2 accused Eduard Babaryka, son of jailed former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka, of disobeying its orders, Belsat <\/em>reported. If convicted, his eight-year prison term given may be prolonged by one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities also filed charges of association with an extremist group and insulting officials against fitness trainer and bodybuilder Alaksandar \u0160arabajka, serving an 18-month prison term for allegedly insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vital \u010copik, arrested in Brest in early March for attending public court hearings in criminal cases linked to the persecution of the opposition, may face protest-related charges for participating in 2020 postelection rallies, Viasna\u2019s Brest branch reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artur Smalako\u016d has been released after serving a two-year prison term given on protest-related charges, exiled politician Anatol Labied\u017aka said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police arrested a tattoo master known as Andrej \u0141ysy on social media and forced him to tell on camera that he would remove opposition tattoos after “serving his sentence,” Mediazona.Belarus<\/em> reported. The charges against him are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Hrodna man was arrested after talking to a police informer in an online chat, a pro-government Telegram channel said. He may face criminal charges in connection with alleged donations to the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment fighting Russia in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of May 1, human rights defenders identified at least 1,387 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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