{"id":91180,"date":"2024-06-17T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91180\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"rights-activist-sudalenka-sentenced-to-five-years","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91180\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights activist Sudalenka sentenced to five years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 17, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Homiel Regional Court sentenced Leanid Sudalenka, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender, to five years in a medium-security penal colony at an in absentia today, Viasna Homiel reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court also ordered him to pay a fine of 26,000 BYN (over $7,900).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former political prisoner was accused of facilitating extremism in connection with his work for Viasna, designated as an extremist group in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian Investigative Committee brought announced the special procedure case against Sudalenka in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government uses special procedures to prosecute its exiled opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2021, Sudalenka was arrested on suspicion of organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Homiel judge sentenced him to three years\u2019 imprisonment in November 2021. He was released after serving his sentence in July 2023 and fled the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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