{"id":9761,"date":"2023-11-02T11:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T08:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=9761"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution-64","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/9761\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on November 1 with more people charged with sharing opposition content online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrested and released<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police briefly detained actress and singer \u0141arysa Hrybalova earlier this week but have not disclosed the reasons, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homiel police arrested Vasil Palako\u016d, a former chairman of the now defunct United Civic Party (UCP) and searched his home, Anatol Labied\u017aka, a former UCP leader, said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Minsk man is under arrest for allegedly participating in 2020 postelection protests and organizing fundraisers for people persecuted in politically-motivated cases, a pro-government Telegram channel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several employees of a \u0160\u010ducyn public bus operator in the Hrodna region were arrested for sharing opposition content, a pro-government source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities released Anatol Puha\u010d after he had served one year in prison for allegedly insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, Viasna said. The man has cancer and was arrested in December 2022 when he returned to Belarus from Poland for medical tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piotra \u0141asto\u016dski from Bras\u0142a\u016d, Viciebsk region, was jailed for 10 days on charges of sharing opposition content, the Viciebsk branch of Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A judge in Hrodna tried A\u0142a St\u017ea\u0142ko\u016dskaja, Kira Bacian, Alaksiej Ciciak and Iryna Chomba on similar charges while Alaksandar Kancevi\u010d was accused of illegal actions towards state symbols, a Telegram channel monitoring politically-motivated persecution in Hrodna and the Hrodna region reported. Authorities have not disclosed the verdicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Brest woman was fined 370 rubels (over $115) for wearing a bracelet with a white-red-white Belarusian pattern, the Brest branch of Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 3, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Ta\u0107ciana Biziuk against a three-year prison sentence, MAYDAY TEAM said. Authorities prosecuted the 21-year-old on extremism-related charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arciom Ko\u0142asa\u016d will go on trial in Astraviec, Hrodna region, on charges of insulting public officials and slandering \u0141uka\u0161enka, the <em>Sudy, Zaderzhaniya. Grodno i Oblast Telegram<\/em> channel reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other instances of persecution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee for State Security (KGB) agents threatened Michai\u0142 Samborski, a children&#8217;s doctor from Babrujsk, Mahilo\u016d region, with criminal charges as they attempted to recruit him as an informer, Mediazona reported. The man fled Belarus via Armenia and is currently based in Poland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October, the administration of the Penal Colony No 2 in Babrujsk stopped accepting parcels for inmates and offered them to buy clothes in a local store instead of providing them with prison clothing, MAYDAY TEAM reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of November 2, human rights defenders identified at least 1,471 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>November 2, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on November 1 with more people charged with sharing opposition content online. Arrested and released Police briefly detained actress and singer \u0141arysa Hrybalova earlier this week but have not disclosed the reasons, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.&nbsp; Homiel police arrested Vasil Palako\u016d, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-9761","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 2, Pozirk. 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