{"id":46622,"date":"2023-04-26T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T11:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"update-on-arrests-trials-politically-motivated-persecution","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46622\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>April 26, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 24 and 25.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Arrested and released\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police arrested Alaksandr Jackievi\u010d, a former FC Krumka\u010dy soccer player, <span>Na\u0161a Niva<\/span> reported. He reportedly responded to a fake message circulated by police on behalf of the BYPOL resistance group.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities released Ja\u016dhien Rezni\u010denka after he had served a prison term on charges widely seen as politically motivated, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Trials\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities jailed Po\u0142ack museum worker Ihar Bortnik for a third consecutive time, <span>BPN<\/span> reported. Judge Ta\u0107ciana Chrypa\u010d sentenced him to 15 days in jail for following <span>Belsat<\/span> and <span>Symbal.by<\/span> on YouTube. Bortnik had already served 23 days in jail for sharing opposition content and allegedly violating regulations governing mass events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New criminal cases\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Andrej Ne\u015bciarovi\u010d, owner of the Cudo\u016dnia ethnic shop, is under arrest for three days and faces criminal charges after having served 10 days in jail for an alleged minor offence, <span>hrodna.life<\/span> reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Criminal proceedings\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Polish national Jerzy \u017bywalewski to four years in prison on spying charges on March 22, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. He is married to a Belarusian.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Artist Hienad\u017a Drazdo\u016d, 64, will go on trial in Minsk on May 2. Authorities accuse him of promoting extremism and a public disorder offense.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Extremist list updates\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The interior ministry blacklisted Alaksandra Hierasimenia and Alaksandr Apiejkin, founders of the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Foundation (BSSF), as persons &#8220;involved in extremist activities,&#8221; <span>BPN<\/span> reported. Both had been sentenced to lengthy prison terms at a trial held without them being present.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other additions to the extremist list include jailed trade unionists Alaksandr Jara\u0161uk, Siarhiej Antusievi\u010d and Iryna But-Husaim as well as 18 more people. In all, the interior ministry has blacklisted 2,735 activists.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other instances of persecution\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Journalist Andrej Rasafona\u016d was fired from <span>Drahi\u010dynski Vesnik<\/span>, a state-run newspaper in Drahi\u010dyn, Brest region, after the Committee for State Security (KGB) found subscriptions to opposition content on his smartphone, the Brest branch of Viasna reported. The journalist was tried for a minor offense and has been struggling to find a job because the KGB allegedly put pressure on potential employers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of April 26, human rights defenders identified at least 1,497 political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 26, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 24 and 25. Arrested and released Police arrested Alaksandr Jackievi\u010d, a former FC Krumka\u010dy soccer player, Na\u0161a Niva reported. He reportedly responded to a fake message circulated by police on behalf of the BYPOL resistance group. Authorities released Ja\u016dhien Rezni\u010denka after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46622","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Update on arrests, trials, politically-motivated persecution | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 26, BPN. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on April 24 and 25. 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