{"id":192104,"date":"2026-06-16T18:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192104\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:39:38","slug":"belarus-convicts-129-people-of-high-treason-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192104\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus convicts 129 people of high treason since 2020 \u2013 Viasna"},"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\/korsakovy_viasna.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/korsakovy_viasna-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 16, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarusian judges have convicted at least 129 people, including 16 women and six families, on high treason charges since the 2020 political crisis that sparked politically-motivated reprisals that continue unabated, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent case against a Belarusian family was reported last week, as D\u017amitryj and Ta\u0107ciana Korsaka\u016d received prison terms of 14 and 12 years, respectively, while their exiled daughter Pie\u0142ahieja was tried without being present at the proceedings and given 11 years in prison. All three previously worked at a daycare center.<\/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\/2026\/02\/janukevich-pokolenko-baj-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/janukevich-pokolenko-baj-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/janukevich-pokolenko-baj-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/janukevich-pokolenko-baj-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/janukevich-pokolenko-baj-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/janukevich-pokolenko-baj.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\">Supreme Court rejects appeal by media manager Janukievi\u010d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 9, Pozirk. The Supreme Court upheld the 14-year prison sentence imposed on media manager U\u0142adzimir Janukievi\u010d, who was convicted of high treason earlier this year, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported. His associate Andrej Pakalenka\u2019s sentence on similar charges &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/191071\">\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 16, Pozirk. Belarusian judges have convicted at least 129 people, including 16 women and six families, on high treason charges since the 2020 political crisis that sparked politically-motivated reprisals that continue unabated, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. The most recent case against a Belarusian family was reported last week, as D\u017amitryj and Ta\u0107ciana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":191426,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-192104","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>Belarus convicts 129 people of high treason since 2020 \u2013 Viasna | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 16, Pozirk. 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