{"id":183315,"date":"2026-04-12T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183315\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:30:23","slug":"rights-group-confirms-184-arrests-in-bielaruski-hajun-case","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183315\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group confirms 184 arrests in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Bie\u0142aruski Hajun  on Telegram)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Rights defenders have confirmed 184 arrests over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun, a now-defunct online initiative that monitored Russian military activities in Belarus from 2022 to 2025, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of detainees may be significantly higher as arrests and trials are still taking place across Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendants reportedly face extremism-related charges, with sentences ranging from restricted freedom in home confinement to prison terms. This year, the interior ministry has put 278 individuals on its \u201clist of extremists,\u201d most of them charged in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Bie\u0142aruski Hajun monitored military activity in Belarus. The project folded in February 2025, soon after unknown individuals gained access to its chatbot.<\/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\">Reprisals: police arrest nearly all staff of ZROBIM architects<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 11, Pozirk. Law enforcers raided the Minsk office of the well-known architectural firm ZROBIM architects, arresting about 50 employees, zerkalo.io reported. The crackdown may be connected to an earlier demand by authorities that founder Andrej Mako\u016dski hire an ideology &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/183195\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 12, Pozirk. Rights defenders have confirmed 184 arrests over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun, a now-defunct online initiative that monitored Russian military activities in Belarus from 2022 to 2025, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. The total number of detainees may be significantly higher as arrests and trials are still taking place across Belarus. 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