{"id":86306,"date":"2024-05-21T14:16:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T11:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86306\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-investigators-file-criminal-charges-against-coordination-council-candidates","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86306\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 investigators file criminal charges against Coordination Council candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ks-kr-belsat-1128-e1716310681537.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belsat)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. The Belarusian Investigative Committee has announced criminal charges against 257 candidates in the upcoming Coordination Council election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charges include conspiracy to seize power, calling for sanctions and association with an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators threatened exiled activists with continuing raids, searches and property seizures in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election is scheduled from May 25 to 27 on an electronic voting platform. The new council is expected to convene on June 15.<\/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\/telefon_sms_pixabay_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/telefon_sms_pixabay_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/telefon_sms_pixabay_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/telefon_sms_pixabay_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/telefon_sms_pixabay_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/telefon_sms_pixabay_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Coordination Council voting app to be available only abroad<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 21, Pozirk. The Belarus ID app for voter identification at the upcoming Coordination Council election will be available only to Belarusians who live abroad, while people inside Belarus will be offered to use the web-based voting platform, the council &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/86269\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 21, Pozirk. The Belarusian Investigative Committee has announced criminal charges against 257 candidates in the upcoming Coordination Council election. Charges include conspiracy to seize power, calling for sanctions and association with an extremist group. Investigators threatened exiled activists with continuing raids, searches and property seizures in Belarus. The election is scheduled from May 25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":86289,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-86306","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus\u2019 investigators file criminal charges against Coordination Council candidates | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 21, Pozirk. 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