{"id":49128,"date":"2023-11-14T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=49128"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"authorities-move-to-shut-down-cat-lovers-association","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/49128\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities move to shut down cat lovers\u2019 association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> On November 17, the Minsk City Court will hear the justice ministry&#8217;s liquidation suit against Kaciania (Kitten), a Belarusian feline association, the electronic court schedule says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was established in 1994, according to kartoteka.by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public associations, including those dealing with animal protection and cooperating with international organizations, fell victim to politically-motivated persecution in Belarus as authorities accused them of using foreign aid to organize protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, authorities shut down the APB BirdLife Belarus. The justice ministry said it &#8220;carried out extremist activities aimed at destabilizing the social and political situation in the country under the guise of volunteer bird rescue.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 14, Pozirk. On November 17, the Minsk City Court will hear the justice ministry&#8217;s liquidation suit against Kaciania (Kitten), a Belarusian feline association, the electronic court schedule says. It was established in 1994, according to kartoteka.by. Public associations, including those dealing with animal protection and cooperating with international organizations, fell victim to politically-motivated persecution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-49128","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Authorities move to shut down cat lovers\u2019 association | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 14, Pozirk. 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