{"id":101471,"date":"2024-08-21T18:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101471\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"human-rights-defenders-label-10-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101471\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights defenders label 10 as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/svabodu_palitviazniam_POZIRK-1440.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/svabodu_palitviazniam_POZIRK-1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/svabodu_palitviazniam_POZIRK-1440-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/svabodu_palitviazniam_POZIRK-1440-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/svabodu_palitviazniam_POZIRK-1440-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        Illustration photo        <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights defenders have designated 10 people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,365, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are: Michai\u0142 \u0141a\u017ako, Maksim D\u017eumanijaza\u016d, D\u017amitryj \u0160a\u0142ak, Pavie\u0142 Ku\u010darenka, Andrej Hil, Jarvand Marcirasian, Siarhiej Barzaviec, Ja\u016dhien Stral\u010de\u0144, Siarhiej \u010carniecki and Stanis\u0142a\u016d Amieljaniuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were imprisoned for insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, his officials and judges, desecrating state symbols, disturbing public order and other alleged crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human rights defenders called for an end to the suppression of legitimate forms of expression and reiterated their demands for the decriminalization of defamation and the inadmissibility of imprisonment for insulting the state and its institutions, officials and symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also demanded freedom for these and all other political prisoners and an end to reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement was signed by Viasna, Belarusian PEN, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and Lawtrend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141atu\u0161ka on pardons: repression has only intensified<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 17, Pozirk. Behind the smokescreen of pardons it is important not to overlook the intensification of repression in recent months, said Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, head of the National Anti-Crisis Management and member of the United Transitional Cabinet. He was talking &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/100926\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, Pozirk. Human rights defenders have designated 10 people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,365, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. They are: Michai\u0142 \u0141a\u017ako, Maksim D\u017eumanijaza\u016d, D\u017amitryj \u0160a\u0142ak, Pavie\u0142 Ku\u010darenka, Andrej Hil, Jarvand Marcirasian, Siarhiej Barzaviec, Ja\u016dhien Stral\u010de\u0144, Siarhiej \u010carniecki and Stanis\u0142a\u016d Amieljaniuk. 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