{"id":184184,"date":"2026-04-18T11:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184184\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:24:05","slug":"politically-motivated-reprisals-reported-on-april-16-17","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184184\/","title":{"rendered":"Politically-motivated reprisals reported on April 16, 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian media and human rights groups reported new arrests and trials on politically-motivated charges and high-profile extremist designations on April 16 and 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a brief recap of what was reported over the two days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Police in Mazyr arrested U\u0142adzimir Cielapun, a local human rights defender, several days or about a week ago, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michai\u0142 \u0141apuno\u016d, the father of former political prisoner Mikita Za\u0142ataro\u016d, was sentenced to five years in prison on extremism-related charges, Viasna reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activists Aksana Umrychina in Homiel and Ina Ko\u0142asava in Navapo\u0142ack were given restricted freedom sentences, according to <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> and Viasna.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The KGB designated tryslany.com with the SVAE app and the Volnyaja initiative as extremist groups and Jahor Krakasievi\u010d, Alaksandar Pietra\u0161kievi\u010d and doctor Rus\u0142an Badamshyn as terrorists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The interior ministry added 21 names to its list of people it considers extremists, taking the total to 6,526 entries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski was transferred to a penal colony to serve his nine-year sentence given for alleged high treason, <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The education ministry banned opposition-minded or West-educated youths from its talent database.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rights defenders kept track of 875 political prisoners on the evening of April 17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Interior ministry brands 21 people as \u201cextremists\u201d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 17,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 21 names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,526 entries. 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