{"id":157000,"date":"2025-09-24T22:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157000\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-strike-leader-is-held-at-ice-immigration-center-in-us","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157000\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian strike leader is held at ICE immigration center in US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Anatol Bokun, one of the Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij strike committee leaders, is being held at the Batavia immigration center in New York State, according to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website, searchable by first name, last name and country of birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US may only provide more detailed information to Bokun\u2019s relatives and legal representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing yesterday\u2019s livestream by Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, a Belarusian opposition politician visiting the United States, <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> reported that Bokun will stand trial in the coming days. A participant at Cichano\u016dski\u2019s meeting with Belarusians in New York asked a question about Bokun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> also noted that Bokun, who lived in Salihorsk in the Minsk region, was repeatedly subjected to politically-motivated arrests. He spent more than 100 days in jail in 2020\u20132021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The activist participated in negotiations with the management of the Norwegian company Yara, which eventually terminated its contract with due to reprisals against the strike committee members. The strike took place after the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 17, the Association of Belarusians in America (ABA) reported that at least nine Belarusians were detained and placed in special centers for investigation after being summoned for a \u201ccheck-in\u201d at ICE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 24, Pozirk. Anatol Bokun, one of the Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij strike committee leaders, is being held at the Batavia immigration center in New York State, according to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website, searchable by first name, last name and country of birth. The US may only provide more detailed information to Bokun\u2019s relatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":156950,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-157000","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>Belarusian strike leader is held at ICE immigration center in US | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 24, Pozirk. 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