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Rev. ULADZISLAU BAHAMOLNIKAU, Orthodox Church (Minsk)
A clergyman of the Epiphany parish of the Belarusian Orthodox Church in Minsk, a member of the Minsk Eparchial Court, and a philosophy lecturer at the Minsk Theological Academy. On 31 August, he was brutally detained. During the detention, officers of GUBOPiK — the Main Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption of the Ministry […]
Rev. ANDREI NAZDRYN, Orthodox Church (Hrodna)
Clergyman of Hrodna diocese, rector of parish of Transfiguration in village Komatava (Hrodna district). It is known that following Volha Bondarava’s denunciation in connection with Rev. Nazdryn’s views on the war in Ukraine, the police conducted “a prophylactic conversation about compliance with the law and prevention of extremist offences and crimes” with him. On 18 May, the […]
Rev. MIKHAIL MARUGO, Orthodox Church (Minsk)
Clergyman of St. Vladimir Khiraska parish in Minsk. On 28 February 2022, he was detained during an anti-war rally in the vicinity of the Minsk railway station. He was holding a bouquet of flowers. On 2 March, he was punished with 13-day administrative arrest which he served in the temporary detention centre in Žodzino.