{"id":190554,"date":"2026-06-04T17:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190554\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:28:08","slug":"singer-who-declined-pro-lukasenka-performances-released-after-14-days-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190554\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer who declined pro-\u0141uka\u0161enka performances released after 14 days in jail"},"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\/2026\/06\/IMG_7618.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7618.jpeg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7618-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7618-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7618-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7618-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>8belta.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 4, Pozirk. <\/strong>Authorities have released popular pop singer Alaksiej Chlasto\u016d after he served 14 days in jail on hooliganism charges, his wife Alena said on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The musician was arrested on May 21. In recent years, he has been working as a taxi driver after being banned from the stage for refusing to perform at pro-\u0141uka\u0161enka events during the 2020 political unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly before his arrest, Chlasto\u016d posted a video in which he denied any wrongdoing. He said that law enforcement officers had already held \u201cpreventive conversations\u201d with him twice, but he did not understand what they wanted from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2026, Chlasto\u016d was added to a 160-song list of tracks banned from being performed at karaoke bars across Belarus,\u00a0<em>CityDog<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/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\">Political trials, arrests, searches reported in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 3, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported new arrests, searches, criminal cases, trials, allegations of torture and instances of digital censorship between May 30 and June 2 as the regime continues to persecute its opponents. Below is Pozirk\u2019s recap of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/190370\">\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>June 4, Pozirk. Authorities have released popular pop singer Alaksiej Chlasto\u016d after he served 14 days in jail on hooliganism charges, his wife Alena said on social media. The musician was arrested on May 21. In recent years, he has been working as a taxi driver after being banned from the stage for refusing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":190547,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-190554","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Singer who declined pro-\u0141uka\u0161enka performances released after 14 days in jail | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 4, Pozirk. 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