{"id":188252,"date":"2026-05-20T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188252\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:18:57","slug":"police-terrorizing-alleged-protestors-after-missing-five-year-deadline-for-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188252\/","title":{"rendered":"Police terrorizing alleged protestors after missing five-year deadline for prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 20, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Police are intimidating people who allegedly took part in post-election protests in 2020 but may no longer be prosecuted as the statute of limitations for their \u201ccrime\u201d has expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, according to Nasha Niva<\/em>, officers of the interior ministry\u2019s notorious Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (HUBAZiK) have raided several homes in Mahilo\u016d, forced people to lie down on the floor with their arms twisted behind their backs, searched the premises, turning everything upside down, and then took the alleged protesters to police stations. There, the detainees were warned against taking part in protest activities and told how authorities track down \u201cextremists.\u201d After \u201cpreventive conversations,\u201d all those targeted were released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous other instances of politically motivated persecution were reported on May 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, the interior ministry designated as “extremist content” alice.neumann_soul and dzikawicki on Instagram; sashka_1931 on TikTok; \u0415\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0415\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043c\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f and \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u041f\u043b\u0435\u0448\u043a\u0443\u043d\u043e\u0432 (an organizer of street rallies in Warsaw), and \u201c\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u201c\u041a\u0430\u043bi\u043d\u043e\u045e\u0446\u044b\u201d on Threads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the fifth anniversary of the shutdown of Belarus’ largest web portal tut.by, the email service for the @tut.by domain was significantly restricted, with incoming messages from external providers reportedly failing to deliver and returning \u201caddress not found\u201d errors, Zerkalo <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When entering Belarus from Lithuania and Poland, individuals who had earlier been questioned or arrested in political cases, were subjected to lengthy body searches, which involve almost complete undressing, Strana dlia Zhizni<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siarhiej Vasilije\u016d, an opposition activist in the Viciebsk region who served 15 days in jail last month for staging an “unauthorized demonstration” by standing near the local government’s building with a sign saying “Jobs,” was re-arrested in May and is expected to stand trial for an alleged subscription to “extremist” online content, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of recognized political prisoners remained unchanged at 842 on May 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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