{"id":9813,"date":"2021-01-18T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=151338"},"modified":"2021-01-18T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:49:07","slug":"trial-begins-for-associates-of-jailed-belarusian-blogger-tsikhanouski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/18\/trial-begins-for-associates-of-jailed-belarusian-blogger-tsikhanouski\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Begins For Associates Of Jailed Belarusian Blogger Tsikhanouski"},"content":{"rendered":"
HRODNA, Belarus — Three associates of jailed Belarusian blogger Syarhey Tsikhanouski, the husband of opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, have gone on trial in the western city of Hrodna.<\/p>\n
The October district court opened the trial of Dzmitry Furmanau, Yauhen Raznichenka, and Uladzimer Kniha on January 18 for organizing mass disorder. Raznichenka and Kniha are also charged with assaulting a police officer.<\/p>\n
The defendants were arrested in late May 2020 after police disrupted public events in Hrodna to collect signatures to support Tsikhanouskaya’s bid to become a presidential candidate.<\/p>\n