{"id":536298,"date":"2026-04-24T12:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=536298"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:00:31","slug":"searches-and-detentions-of-cultural-figures-reported-in-belarus-viasna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/searches-and-detentions-of-cultural-figures-reported-in-belarus-viasna","title":{"rendered":"Searches And Detentions Of Cultural Figures Reported In Belarus \u2014 Viasna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Viasna Human Rights Centre <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/viasna96\/34687\">reports<\/a> that in recent days searches and detentions of people linked to socio-cultural organisations have been carried out in various cities across Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>According to human rights defenders, investigators are looking for evidence of \u201cforeign funding\u201d. Some of those detained have been placed in pre-trial detention centres. Searches and interrogations are being conducted by KGB officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Viasna Human Rights Centre reports that in recent days searches and detentions of people linked to socio-cultural organisations have been carried out in various cities across Belarus. According to human rights defenders, investigators are looking for evidence of \u201cforeign funding\u201d. Some of those detained have been placed in pre-trial detention centres. Searches and interrogations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":530864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69eb3f43893d8.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Searches And Detentions Of Cultural Figures Reported In Belarus \u2014 Viasna"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-536298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}