{"id":139527,"date":"2025-05-23T19:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139527\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"over-200-sentenced-for-solidarity-with-ukraine-viasna-estimates","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139527\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 200 sentenced for solidarity with Ukraine, Viasna estimates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 23, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus has sentenced at least 220 people, including 40 women, for solidarity with Ukraine, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of them, 106 are in detention, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 1,500 people were detained for anti-war protests in February and March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of February 24, 2025, at least 41 people were convicted of donating to Belarusian volunteer fighters. Thirty, for planning to fight on the side of Ukraine. No less than 93, for posting photos and videos of Russian military hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These statistics are incomplete, as officials use various methods to conceal political reprisals, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It pointed out that at least 15 people, including Mikita \u0141osik, the younger brother of imprisoned blogger Ihar \u0141osik, were targeted in the “Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2025, it emerged that strangers gained unauthorized access to the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun chatbot. The group monitored military activity in Belarus. It has since ceased operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 2, mass detentions were reported. According to human rights activists, the charges included supporting extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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