{"id":83371,"date":"2024-05-03T13:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83371\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"exiled-campaign-manager-of-former-presidential-hopeful-faces-criminal-charges-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83371\/","title":{"rendered":"Exiled campaign manager faces criminal charges in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/grigencha_viasna.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/grigencha_viasna.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/grigencha_viasna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/grigencha_viasna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/grigencha_viasna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/grigencha_viasna-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna Human Rights Center&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 3, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Investigative Committee has brought charges against Je\u017ey Hryhien\u010da, a 53-year-old Hrodna man who lives in Poland&#8217;s Bia\u0142ystok, its website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, he was a presidential campaign manager for Hanna Kanapackaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators accuse Hryhien\u010da of insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and facilitating extremism for alleged association with opposition groups blacklisted in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigators invoked special proceedings targeting those living abroad and evading contact. Amendments listing 34 offenses and allowing for investigations and trials in absentia came into effect in July 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kachuro_jurij_protiv_pytok_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kachuro_jurij_protiv_pytok_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kachuro_jurij_protiv_pytok_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kachuro_jurij_protiv_pytok_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kachuro_jurij_protiv_pytok_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kachuro_jurij_protiv_pytok_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus investigators open criminal case against another exiled opponent<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 19, Pozirk. The Belarusian Investigative Committee has filed criminal charges of inciting hatred and insulting officials against Juryj Ka\u010dura, an exiled opposition activist. Police arrested him for unknown reasons in October 2020. Ka\u010dura was reportedly tortured and beaten at &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/80906\">\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>May 3, Pozirk. The Investigative Committee has brought charges against Je\u017ey Hryhien\u010da, a 53-year-old Hrodna man who lives in Poland&#8217;s Bia\u0142ystok, its website says. In 2020, he was a presidential campaign manager for Hanna Kanapackaja. Investigators accuse Hryhien\u010da of insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and facilitating extremism for alleged association with opposition groups blacklisted in Belarus. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83339,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-83371","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>Exiled campaign manager faces criminal charges in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 3, Pozirk. 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