{"id":136458,"date":"2025-05-02T13:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136458\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"police-seek-to-arrest-as-many-2020-protesters-as-possible-before-end-of-prescription-period","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136458\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek to arrest as many 2020 protesters as possible before end of prescription period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by.jpg 745w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-352x236.jpg 352w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-730x490.jpg 730w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(advocatos.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Viasna Human Rights Center reports mass arrests of people who participated in 2020 postelection protests, noting that authorities try to punish as many as possible before the five-year statute of limitations expires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the arrests are made on violent disorder charges that officials routinely use to persecute peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also arrest people on extremism-related charges for corresponding with Bie\u0142aruski Hajun, a security monitoring group declared extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bie\u0142aruski Hajun had monitored Russian and other military activity in Belarus after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, stopped operations in early February following a data breach.<\/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\/04\/Sov_Rep_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sov_Rep_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sov_Rep_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sov_Rep_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sov_Rep_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sov_Rep_press.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Convicted regime critics excluded from Victory Day amnesty bill<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 2, Pozirk. The National Assembly\u2019s Council of the Republic has approved an amnesty program for 7,630 inmates in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, the upper chamber\u2019s press office reports. MPs voted for the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/136442\">\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>May 2, Pozirk. The Viasna Human Rights Center reports mass arrests of people who participated in 2020 postelection protests, noting that authorities try to punish as many as possible before the five-year statute of limitations expires. Most of the arrests are made on violent disorder charges that officials routinely use to persecute peaceful protesters. 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