{"id":205556,"date":"2026-09-29T16:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205556\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:21:40","slug":"reprisals-israeli-businessman-arrested-at-border-after-phone-check","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205556\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: Israeli businessman arrested at border after phone check"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Sources in Belarus reported a new arrest at the border, several verdicts passed in absentia and other incidents of repression between September 26 and 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is&nbsp;<em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;recap of what was reported on that day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Law enforcers arrested businessman Michia\u0142 Kac, who had moved from Belarus to Israel seven years ago, as the man was crossing into Belarus from Lithuania, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. During the smartphone check, officers found out that he followed two YouTube channels that Belarusian authorities branded as \u201cextremist.\u201d Kac spent three days in a detention center and was fined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Minsk City Court sentenced five former members of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment without the defendants being present, <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported. Juryj Mikita\u016d was given 20 years in prison; Mika\u0142aj Bojka, Natalla Nikicina, Kry\u015bcina Stankievi\u010d and Michai\u0142 \u010cypry\u0144ski, 12 years each.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The same court sentenced Arciom Li\u0107vinka in absentia to five years in prison on charges of inciting hatred, calling for sanctions and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials, Viasna said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A judge in Minsk sentenced Aksana Marynina, 58, to a restricted freedom term in home confinement on protest-related charges, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natalla Sakhar\u010duk, a spokeswoman for the interior ministry, described Meta\u2019s Threads social media application as a threat to security in an interview broadcast by the state-run\u00a0<em>STV<\/em>\u00a0on September 27, <em>Pozirk <\/em>reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over the past five years, at least 135 people have been persecuted for online comments in connection with the case against Andrej Zielcer, who died in a shootout with the Committee for State Security (KGB) agents during a raid of his apartment in 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of September 29, human rights defenders identified at least 879 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=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Five Kalino\u016dski regiment fighters sentenced to prison terms without being present at the trial<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 28, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court on September 14 announced sentences for five former members of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment fighting alongside the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. As a result of the trial held &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/205449\">\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>September 29, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported a new arrest at the border, several verdicts passed in absentia and other incidents of repression between September 26 and 28. 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