{"id":166153,"date":"2025-11-28T23:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166153\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-sentences-former-ukraine-volunteer-fighter-vieramiejcyk-to-13-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166153\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus sentences former Ukraine volunteer fighter Vieramiej\u010dyk to 13 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 28,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;A Belarusian court sentenced Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk, a former volunteer fighter of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment that fights alongside Ukrainian forces, to 13 years in prison, <em>Belsat <\/em>reported citing his wife, Ja\u016dhienija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not clear what charges he faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vieramiej\u010dyk was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13 and extradited to Belarus. He was captured in Vietnam after Lithuania denied him asylum, citing national security reasons linked to his earlier service in the Belarusian army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders declared him a political prisoner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/114750\/\">Vietnam extradites former volunteer fighter to Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 28,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;A Belarusian court sentenced Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk, a former volunteer fighter of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment that fights alongside Ukrainian forces, to 13 years in prison, Belsat reported citing his wife, Ja\u016dhienija. It is not clear what charges he faced. Vieramiej\u010dyk was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13 and extradited to Belarus. 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