{"id":114368,"date":"2024-11-18T22:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114368\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-strips-21-officers-of-ranks-for-backing-opposition","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114368\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka strips 21 officers of ranks for backing opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pogony_ay_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pogony_ay_by.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pogony_ay_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pogony_ay_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pogony_ay_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pogony_ay_by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(ay.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 18,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict to strip 21 officers of their ranks for \u201ccommitting illegal actions\u201d during the 2020 unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The edict does not name those who had their titles taken away from them. In all, the Belarusian ruler has stripped at least 183 officers of their ranks, most of them were punished for supporting his opponents before, during and after the 2020 postelection protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those deprived of their ranks include Valer Sacha\u0161\u010dyk, a former opposition security chief; imprisoned defense analysts Andrej Parontika\u016d and Jahor Lebiadok, athlete Kryscina Cimano\u016dskaja, photojournalist D\u017amitryj D\u017amitryje\u016d who worked for the independent newspaper <em>Novy \u010cas<\/em> after retirement from police, Uladzimir Barada\u010d, Siarhiej Ani\u015bka, former KGB officer Valer Kostka, Alaksandar Azara\u016d of ByPol, United Civic Party Chairman Mika\u0142aj Kaz\u0142ou, a former police officer, and Ihar Makar, a former officer of the Almaz counter-terrorist unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Over 100 convicted in politically motivated cases in two weeks \u2013 Viasna<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 18, Pozirk. At least 113 people were convicted in 91 politically motivated criminal cases between November 4 and 16, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Sixty-four judges were involved in the political trials during this period. At least 10 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/114233\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 18,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict to strip 21 officers of their ranks for \u201ccommitting illegal actions\u201d during the 2020 unrest. The edict does not name those who had their titles taken away from them. In all, the Belarusian ruler has stripped at least 183 officers of their ranks, most of them were punished [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":114354,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-114368","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka strips 21 officers of ranks for backing opposition | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 18,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict to strip 21 officers of their ranks for \u201ccommitting illegal actions\u201d during the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114368\/\" \/>\n<meta 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