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\n\n From left to right: Iryna \u010carnia\u016dka and Volha Vieramiejenka\n <\/div>\n \n
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May 28, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A special procedure case has been opened against the wife of political prisoner Pavie\u0142 Ma\u017eejka, freelance journalist Iryna \u010carnia\u016dka, and the owner of the Admietna\u015b\u0107 shop, Volha Vieramiejenka, the Investigative Committee (SK) said on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The special procedure against them was initiated on May 23. The women were charged with facilitating extremism. Both have been summoned to the SK Hrodna regional branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, the head of the dissolved nongovernmental organization Center of Urban Life, journalist Pavie\u0142 Ma\u017eejka, was sentenced to six years in prison for allegedly facilitating extremism in connection with his work for Belsat TV<\/em> labeled by the Belarusian government an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs branded Admietna\u015b\u0107, a shop selling patriotic merchandise, as an extremist group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its owners Siarhiej and Volha Vieramiejenka fled to Bia\u0142ystok, Poland, and opened an online store there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, Siarhiej served a jail sentence for participating in protests, and his Hrodna store was raided. In March 2024, the Investigative Committee opened an extremism case against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Prosecutor demands six-year sentence for journalist, lawyer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 28, Pozirk. A special procedure case has been opened against the wife of political prisoner Pavie\u0142 Ma\u017eejka, freelance journalist Iryna \u010carnia\u016dka, and the owner of the Admietna\u015b\u0107 shop, Volha Vieramiejenka, the Investigative Committee (SK) said on its website. The special procedure against them was initiated on May 23. The women were charged with facilitating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":87567,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-87646","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJournalist, shop owner to be tried in absentia | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 28, Pozirk. 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