{"id":85422,"date":"2024-05-16T14:24:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T11:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-investigators-target-exiled-activists-threaten-expropriation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCHB_Sciag_POZ_1128-0602.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCHB_Sciag_POZ_1128-0602.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCHB_Sciag_POZ_1128-0602-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCHB_Sciag_POZ_1128-0602-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCHB_Sciag_POZ_1128-0602-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 16, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus&#8217; short-lived independence in 1918, the country&#8217;s Investigative Committee has filed criminal charges against 104 participants in ceremonies abroad, its press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charges include association with an extremist group and discrediting Belarus, as the current Belarusian government does not recognize Freedom Day as an official holiday and denigrates related historical events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators claim to have obtained data on more than 100 activists who participated in street rallies in Belgium, Czechia, Georgia, Lithuania, Poland and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their Belarusian real estate and property may be inspected, searched or seized, it noted, following Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s threats to expropriate his exiled opponents last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, authorities auctioned off the apartments of former opposition presidential hopefuls Valeryj Capka\u0142a, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski. The most recent case was reported on Wednesday when authorities seized a village house from exiled activist Alena Janu\u0161ko\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <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\">Reprisals expand to Russia as Minsk seeks to punish regime critics<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 16, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on May 15 showed that regime critics cannot feel safe in Russia following the arrest in the Leningrad province of U\u0142adzimir Marta\u016d, a former intensive care doctor known for &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/85379\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 16, Pozirk. Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus&#8217; short-lived independence in 1918, the country&#8217;s Investigative Committee has filed criminal charges against 104 participants in ceremonies abroad, its press office reported. Charges include association with an extremist group and discrediting Belarus, as the current Belarusian government does not recognize Freedom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":71187,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-85422","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>Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 16, Pozirk. Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus&#039; short-lived independence in 1918, the country&#039;s Investigative\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May 16, Pozirk. Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus&#039; short-lived independence in 1918, the country&#039;s Investigative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1128\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/\"},\"headline\":\"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-16T11:24:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/\"},\"wordCount\":165,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/\",\"name\":\"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-16T11:24:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"May 16, Pozirk. Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus' short-lived independence in 1918, the country's Investigative\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg\",\"width\":1128,\"height\":752},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation | Pozirk","description":"May 16, Pozirk. Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus' short-lived independence in 1918, the country's Investigative","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation | Pozirk","og_description":"May 16, Pozirk. Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus' short-lived independence in 1918, the country's Investigative","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1128,"height":752,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/"},"headline":"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation","datePublished":"2024-05-16T11:24:59+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/"},"wordCount":165,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/","name":"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-16T11:24:59+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","description":"May 16, Pozirk. Two months after Freedom Day celebrations marking an anniversary of Belarus' short-lived independence in 1918, the country's Investigative","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg","width":1128,"height":752},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85422\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Belarus\u2019 investigators target exiled activists, threaten expropriation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/85422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=85422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}