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Detention of Mark Bernstein

On 11 March 2022, Mark Izraylevich Bernstein, a Belarusian blogger and contributor to the Russian Wikipedia based in Minsk, was detained by GUBOPiK personnel after online accusations of violating the Russian 2022 war censorship laws for his editing of Wikipedia articles on the topic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was sentenced to 15 days' administrative arrest under Article 24.3 of the Administrative Code of Belarus (for disobedience to police officers). After that period, he was kept in detention; on 24 June 2022 he was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom and released from custody. Read more on Wikipedia

Their biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Detention of Mark Bernstein is the 10,176th most popular politician (up from 10,514th in 2019). (up from 2,349th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Detention of Mark Bernstein ranks 10,176 out of 19,576. Before them are Neferkare Pepiseneb, Joe Davis, Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Fulk II, Count of Anjou, Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, and Neferkamin Anu. After them are Augustine Washington, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Christian Thielemann, Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Abdul Qadir, and Ahmad Shukeiri.