{"id":52650,"date":"2023-12-01T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T11:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=52650"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"exiled-opposition-politician-charged-with-high-treason-other-crimes-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/52650\/","title":{"rendered":"Exiled opposition politician charged with high treason, other crimes in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Anatol Labied\u017aka, an advisor on constitutional reform and inter-parliamentary cooperation to opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has told <em>Pozirk<\/em> that Belarusian authorities filed six criminal charges against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accusations include high treason, conspiracy to seize power, calling for sanctions, forming an extremist group, financing and promoting extremism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labied\u017aka said he has &#8220;partial access&#8221; to information on the criminal cases against him reportedly opened in January 2022. He is currently based abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late August, his son Arciom Labied\u017aka was given three-and-a-half years in prison for donations to opposition initiatives. Human rights groups consider Labied\u017aka Jr. a political prisoner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, Pozirk. Anatol Labied\u017aka, an advisor on constitutional reform and inter-parliamentary cooperation to opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has told Pozirk that Belarusian authorities filed six criminal charges against him. The accusations include high treason, conspiracy to seize power, calling for sanctions, forming an extremist group, financing and promoting extremism.&nbsp; Labied\u017aka said he has &#8220;partial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":52637,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-52650","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exiled opposition politician charged with high treason, other crimes in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 1, Pozirk. 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