{"id":11566,"date":"2023-05-11T13:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/longreads\/government-commission-to-consider-allowing-dissident-soccer-players-to-return-to-professional-sport\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"government-commission-to-consider-allowing-dissident-soccer-players-to-return-to-professional-sport","status":"publish","type":"longreads","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/longreads\/11566\/","title":{"rendered":"Government commission to consider allowing dissident soccer players to return to professional sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <span>By Via\u010desla\u016d Korascie\u0144,&nbsp;BPN<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b><span>A government commission is said to have been charged with integrating pro-opposition athletes back into sports.<\/span><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Apology required\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The commission was established three months ago to handle applications from political emigrants who wish to return home. It is led by Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied and includes top security and propaganda officers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Return is conditional on public apology for opposing the government and the payment of damages.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t \u0160vied said on May 8 that the commission had received around 70 applications from political emigrants.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Sources have told BPN that the commission will also handle requests from banned athletes to return to professional sports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Blacklisted soccer players\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Dozens of Belarusian athletes denounced police brutality in a video appeal recorded after the disputed 2020 presidential election. Some of them have moved abroad, others have retired and some publically apologized and were forgiven.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The blacklist contains at least 12 footballers watched by four premier league clubs, including Stanisla\u016d Drahun, a former BATE midfielder and captain with 68 caps for the national team.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t At present, these footballers are banned from professional sports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The FIFA founding documents prohibit discrimination against players for their convictions, but Belarusian authorities defy international rules. After the 2020 presidential election, opposition and human rights groups have collected enough evidence of politically-motivated persecution of athletes. But FIFA has refused to bring disciplinary action against the Belarusian Football Federation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t By charging the government commission with handling athletes\u2019 cases authorities may be looking to integrate talents back into sports without attracting much attention from world sports governing bodies to politically-motivated persecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Via\u010desla\u016d Korascie\u0144,&nbsp;BPN A government commission is said to have been charged with integrating pro-opposition athletes back into sports. Apology required The commission was established three months ago to handle applications from political emigrants who wish to return home. It is led by Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied and includes top security and propaganda officers. 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