{"id":153046,"date":"2025-08-29T15:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/153046\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"paralympic-committee-head-sepiel-in-custody-since-late-july","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/153046\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympic Committee head \u0160epiel in custody since late July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 29, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Aleh \u0160epiel, chairman of the Paralympic Committee and head of the Belarusian Association of the Visually Impaired, was arrested a month ago, <em>zerkalo.io<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also arrested Alaksandar Pi\u0142ata\u016d of the Viciebsk-based lighting supplier Elekt, founded by the latter association. Both are currently held at a pre-trial detention center in Viciebsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have not disclosed the charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160epiel, 58, headed the Paralympic Committee since 2002. He has repeatedly demonstrated his support for Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in public and protested against the removal of Belarusian athletes from international competitions after the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale war in Ukraine, supported by authorities in Minsk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 29, Pozirk. Aleh \u0160epiel, chairman of the Paralympic Committee and head of the Belarusian Association of the Visually Impaired, was arrested a month ago, zerkalo.io reports. Police also arrested Alaksandar Pi\u0142ata\u016d of the Viciebsk-based lighting supplier Elekt, founded by the latter association. Both are currently held at a pre-trial detention center in Viciebsk. 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