{"id":103527,"date":"2024-09-04T18:51:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/103527\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"level-of-criminal-prosecution-against-regime-critics-remains-critical-viasna","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/103527\/","title":{"rendered":"Level of criminal prosecution against regime critics remains critical \u2013 Viasna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 4, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights defenders designated 52 people as political prisoners in August, the Viasna Human Rights Center said in a report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus continues to oppress dissidents and regime critics, and the level of their criminal prosecution remains critical, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 52, 16 were arrested and imprisoned for exercising their freedom of peaceful assembly and expression. A dozen were arrested under vague extremism laws. Two dozen more were arrested for alleged defamation, incitement to hatred, high treason and other criminal charges intended to shield government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, human rights activists demanded exoneration for 22 former political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the summer of 2020, they have designated almost 3,500 people as political prisoners, with 1,376 political prisoners reported at the end of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the four years since August 2020, Viasna has recorded more than 74,000 instances of repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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