{"id":98191,"date":"2024-07-30T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98191\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"german-sentenced-to-death-asks-lukasenka-for-pardon","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98191\/","title":{"rendered":"German sentenced to death asks \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1129\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarus 1)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 30,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Rico Krieger, a German sentenced to death in Belarus, has asked Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardon, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka is holding a meeting with several officials, including Ludmi\u0142a H\u0142adkaja, a propaganda officer who attended Kreiger\u2019s trial held behind closed doors, to discuss the petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 19, the Viasna Human Rights Center confirmed that the Minsk Regional Court had sentenced the 30-year-old German national to death on June 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krieger was charged with illegal handling of firearms, deliberate disabling of communication lines, association with an extremist group, an act of terrorism and mercenarism.<\/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\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/label>\n\n                            <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\">\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438, \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus puts German sentenced to death on extremism register<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 26, Pozirk. The interior ministry has added 11 people to the list of &quot;persons involved in extremist activity,&quot; including Rico Krieger, a German national on the death row in a Belarusian prison. All of the people faced charges typical &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/97713\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 30,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Rico Krieger, a German sentenced to death in Belarus, has asked Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardon, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reported. \u0141uka\u0161enka is holding a meeting with several officials, including Ludmi\u0142a H\u0142adkaja, a propaganda officer who attended Kreiger\u2019s trial held behind closed doors, to discuss the petition. 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