{"id":197082,"date":"2026-07-24T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197082\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:54:23","slug":"trials-pressure-on-students-and-exiles","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197082\/","title":{"rendered":"Trials, pressure on students and exiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Sources in Belarus reported an upcoming trial of exiled Belarusian volunteers and KGB interrogations of students on July 23, among other instances of reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> recap of what was reported yesterday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Minsk City Court will put on trial Mika\u0142aj Bojka, Juryj Makita\u016d, Natalla Nikicina, Kryscina Stankievi\u010d and Michail \u010cuprynski in their absence on August 20, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. They are all linked to the Belarusian Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment, fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Committee for State Security (KGB) summons Belarusian students studying in Poland or applying for student visas for interrogations, Viasna said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarusian authorities released Arciom Labied\u017aka, the son of prominent exiled opposition politician Anatol Labied\u017aka, after he had served a three-and-a-half years in prison over donations to opposition initiatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The interior ministry said it identified a TikTok user who allegedly posted false accusations about police being involved in drug trafficking in Hrodna region\u2019s Va\u016dkavysk. The 39-year-old Belarusian man whose name was not disclosed reportedly lives in Poland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mika\u0142aj Varapaj, a former senior KGB official, died in a punishment cell at Penal Colony No 1 in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, two years ago, rights defenders reported. A stroke was named as the possible cause of death. The man was arrested in 2017 allegedly while attempting to pass on classified documents related to the Zapad drill to Ukrainian intelligence agencies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of July 24, human rights defenders identified at least 863 political prisoners, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases remain undocumented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/07\/tiktok_collage_pozirk-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tiktok_collage_pozirk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tiktok_collage_pozirk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tiktok_collage_pozirk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tiktok_collage_pozirk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tiktok_collage_pozirk.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> The Viewer<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">The Viewer<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Comrade major is watching: Belarus tightens grip on TikTok and Threads<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has launched criminal investigations into posts on TikTok and Threads, apparently targeting popular social media users critical of the government. Two weeks ago, the Investigative Committee said it would closely monitor Threads and TikTok amid a rise &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/longreads\/197073\">\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>July 24, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported an upcoming trial of exiled Belarusian volunteers and KGB interrogations of students on July 23, among other instances of reprisals. 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