{"id":8604,"date":"2023-10-27T11:31:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=8604"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution-61","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/8604\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 27, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 26 as authorities kept punishing dissenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested a man for allegedly insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, police officers and judges in online comments that he had posted in 2020 and 2021, pro-government Telegram channels said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An IT company employee is under arrest on charges of participating in protests and contacting the Cyberpartisans hacktivist group, pro-government Telegram channels said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested several staff members of the Academy of Sciences plant institute in \u0160\u010du\u010dyn, Hrodna region, the Vybory Vidish? Zerkalo Politika Telegram channel reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A judge in Minsk sentenced Kiry\u0142 Achrem\u010dyk to two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement on charges of gross violations of public order apparently in connection with the 2020 postelection protests, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u0160k\u0142o\u016d District Court in the Mahilo\u016d region sentenced Dzianis Chach\u0142o\u016d to 18 months in prison on similar charges, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of October 27, human rights defenders identified at least 1,470 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 27, Pozirk. 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