{"id":171910,"date":"2026-01-16T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"doctor-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-on-extremism-related-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171910\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor sentenced to two years in prison on extremism-related charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badamshin_belye_khalaty.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badamshin_belye_khalaty.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badamshin_belye_khalaty-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badamshin_belye_khalaty-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badamshin_belye_khalaty-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badamshin_belye_khalaty-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belyye Khalaty)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 16,<\/strong><em> <strong>Pozirk.<\/strong><\/em> A Belarusian judge has sentenced neurologist Rus\u0142an Badam\u0161yn to two years and six months in prison on extremism-related charges, the Belyye Khalaty group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Badam\u0161yn and his wife had been sentenced to \u201crestricted freedom\u201d sentences in home confinement in 2024 for taking part in postelection protests in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The doctor, who had been expelled from a state-run neurology center for his political activities, was in detention since June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was repeatedly arrested and jailed during the postelection protests.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.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\">New arrests, digital and cultural censorship reported in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 16, Pozirk. Police in Belarus arrested seven people suspected of high treason, the state-run STV reported yesterday. The TV station showed footage of arrests and interrogations, identifying two detainees as Mikita Kra\u015bko and Andrej Rapiecij and describing them as &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/171864\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 16, Pozirk. A Belarusian judge has sentenced neurologist Rus\u0142an Badam\u0161yn to two years and six months in prison on extremism-related charges, the Belyye Khalaty group said. Badam\u0161yn and his wife had been sentenced to \u201crestricted freedom\u201d sentences in home confinement in 2024 for taking part in postelection protests in 2020. 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