{"id":72997,"date":"2024-03-14T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/72997\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"investigators-bring-charges-against-two-more-foreign-based-activists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/72997\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators bring charges against two more foreign-based activists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        U\u0142adzimir Chilmanovi\u010d \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 14,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Belarusian investigators have brought extremism-related charges against two more critics living abroad as Minsk seeks to expand the scale and area of political reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Investigative Committee\u2019s Hrodna branch has accused activist Siarhiej Vieramiejanka, ex-owner of the Admietna\u015b\u0107 Belarusian-themed gift and merchandise store in Hrodna, and journalist U\u0142adzimir Chilmanovi\u010d with facilitating extremism under Article 361-4 carrying the maximum sentence of six years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vieramiejanka served a jail term in 2020 for taking part in peaceful protests against election fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police raided the Hrodna apartment of Chilmanovi\u010d\u2019s wife on December 1, seizing a computer hard drive, books and other items. The journalist lived in that apartment from 2014 to 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian investigators have brought charges against 73 activists who fled abroad fearing political reprisals. Dozens have been tried in absentia and given lengthy prison terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although European Union countries do not extradite Belarusians persecuted for political reasons, those convicted in absentia face the seize of Belarus-based property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the evening of March 12, human rights defenders identified at least 1,416 political prisoners in Belarus but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 14,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarusian investigators have brought extremism-related charges against two more critics living abroad as Minsk seeks to expand the scale and area of political reprisals. The Investigative Committee\u2019s Hrodna branch has accused activist Siarhiej Vieramiejanka, ex-owner of the Admietna\u015b\u0107 Belarusian-themed gift and merchandise store in Hrodna, and journalist U\u0142adzimir Chilmanovi\u010d with facilitating extremism under Article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":72948,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-72997","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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>Investigators bring charges against two more foreign-based activists | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 14,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarusian investigators have brought extremism-related charges against two more critics living abroad as Minsk seeks to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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