{"id":201984,"date":"2026-09-01T11:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201984\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:31:27","slug":"reprisals-target-exiled-activists-online-content-creators-in-late-august","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201984\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals target exiled activists, online content creators in late August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Sources in Belarus reported a genocide denial case, arrest of a Lithuanian national, new \u201cextremist\u201d content designations and other incidents of repression between August 29 and 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> recap of major cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Belarusian authorities accused a 30-year-old Minsk man of denying Nazi Germany\u2019s Generalplan Ost and the genocide of Belarusian people during the Second World War in a Threads post.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lithuania\u2019s foreign ministry confirmed that Lithuanian citizen Deividas Stanilavi\u010dius (David Medvedev) is serving a prison term in Belarus for allegedly facilitating \u201cextremism.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A judge in Minsk sentenced Valeryj Pucicki, a human rights defender from Re\u010dyca, Homiel region, to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility on extremism-related charges, <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported. His persecution may be linked to the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun group that monitored military activities in Belarus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry branded exiled activist Kaciaryna Vadanosava\u2019s Facebook page, Vybory Belarus group on Facebook, Dissidentby Telegram account and <em>Na\u0161a Niva\u2019s<\/em> bot along with several other social media pages as \u201cextremist\u201d content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities keep trying to auction off a Hrodna apartment seized from Ihar \u0141oban, a former law enforcer and member of the exiled opposition group BYPOL, <em>Belsat<\/em> reported. Exiled activist \u0141oban was given 12 years in prison in Belarus without being present at the trial.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another auction item is a Volkswagen Transporter belonging to the exiled Catholic priest Hienryk Aka\u0142atovi\u010d, who had faced politically-motivated persecution in Belarus, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Officials seized part of the apartment in Viciebsk owned by exiled politician Pavie\u0142 Sieviaryniec after filing criminal charges against him over participation in Freedom Day abroad, the Viciebsk branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The justice ministry disbarred Raman \u0160pako\u016dski, an aspiring tax lawyer in Minsk, citing \u201cmisconduct incompatible with the title of a lawyer.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jailed dissident Viktar Huryn, recently blacklisted as a \u201cperson involved in extremist activities,\u201d had worked as a Bie\u0142west executive, implementing major artificial intelligence projects in footwear manufacturing in Belarus and Russia, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported. In 2020 and 2021, he criticized Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and law enforcers on the Telegram messaging app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of September 1, human rights defenders identified at least 889 political prisoners, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go 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\/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                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Justice ministry disbars tax lawyer \u0160pako\u016dski<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 31, Pozirk. The justice ministry\u2019s qualification commission has revoked the license of Raman \u0160pako\u016dski, an aspiring tax lawyer in Minsk, citing \u201cmisconduct incompatible with the title of a lawyer.\u201d The commission reported on Monday, without elaborating, that \u0160pako\u016dski had &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/201937\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 1, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported a genocide denial case, arrest of a Lithuanian national, new \u201cextremist\u201d content designations and other incidents of repression between August 29 and 31. 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