{"id":89329,"date":"2024-06-06T20:23:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89329\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"foreigner-on-trial-in-minsk-accused-of-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89329\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreigner on trial in Minsk, accused of terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 6, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Rico Krieger is on trial at the Minsk Regional Court on serious charges, including terrorism, according to the court\u2019s electronic schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights activists say the man is probably a German national. The German embassy in Belarus has indirectly confirmed this, <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krieger is charged with spying, terrorism, mercenarism and other serious crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This could be the first mercenarism trial in Belarus but the nature of the charges is unknown, according to the human rights activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 Criminal Code carries a lengthy prison term or the death penalty for terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/4213\/\">European Union, Council of Europe condemn Belarus death penalty expansion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 6, Pozirk. Rico Krieger is on trial at the Minsk Regional Court on serious charges, including terrorism, according to the court\u2019s electronic schedule. Human rights activists say the man is probably a German national. The German embassy in Belarus has indirectly confirmed this, Radyjo Svaboda reported. Krieger is charged with spying, terrorism, mercenarism and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":82847,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-89329","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foreigner on trial in Minsk, accused of terrorism | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 6, Pozirk. 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