{"id":86698,"date":"2024-05-23T00:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86698\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"eight-sentenced-to-prison-for-protest-rally-in-brest","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86698\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight sentenced to prison for protest rally in Brest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pexels-kindel-media-7773260-scaled-e1698011712818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>pexels.com<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 23,<\/strong><em><strong> Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>A district court in Brest has found eight local residents guilty of participating in a protest on August 10, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Viasna Brest, they were convicted of violent disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Ja\u016dhien Brehan sentenced Vital Varfa\u0142amieje\u016d, Alaksandar Tysievi\u010d, Vasil Aleksiejuk, Mika\u0142aj Nikiciuk, Maksim Sobale\u016d and Hleb Klimovi\u010d to two years in prison; Julija \u0160aronava, to 18 months; and Mikita Vajciuk, to one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2020, Vajciuk and \u0160aronava were legal minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sobale\u016d and \u0160aronava are serving lengthy terms in prison for drug offenses. Their sentences were extended to 12 and 13 years in prison, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to human rights activists, 20 people have already been convicted in Brest this year of violent disorder at the August 10 protest rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region, at least 17 people were sentenced to prison in 2024 on the same charges for post-election protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86371\/\">End torture in prisons, Viasna calls<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 23, Pozirk. A district court in Brest has found eight local residents guilty of participating in a protest on August 10, 2020. According to Viasna Brest, they were convicted of violent disorder. 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