{"id":97807,"date":"2024-07-27T18:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T15:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97807\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"authorities-move-to-shut-down-minsk-cycling-association","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97807\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities move to shut down Minsk cycling association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/velosiped_blocks_fletcher_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/velosiped_blocks_fletcher_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/velosiped_blocks_fletcher_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/velosiped_blocks_fletcher_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/velosiped_blocks_fletcher_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/velosiped_blocks_fletcher_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Blocks Fletcher \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 27, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Judge Alena \u0160emet of the Minsk City Court on August 6 is scheduled to consider the justice ministry request to close down the Minsk Cycling Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2011, the association of cyclists has more than 600 members and is known for promoting cycling as tourism and bicycles as urban transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2023, its deputy head Maksim Pu\u010dynski was sentenced to two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement on protest-related charges. He managed to flee Belarus soon after the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus to disband three more sports associations in crackdown on NGOs<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 17, Pozirk. Judges may shut down three sports organizations on July 30. According to a schedule of court sessions, the Minsk City Court will consider the justice ministry&#039;s request to close down the Belarusian Darts Federation, registered in 1999, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/96155\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, Pozirk. Judge Alena \u0160emet of the Minsk City Court on August 6 is scheduled to consider the justice ministry request to close down the Minsk Cycling Society. Founded in 2011, the association of cyclists has more than 600 members and is known for promoting cycling as tourism and bicycles as urban transport. 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