{"id":109551,"date":"2024-10-15T18:47:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109551\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"pro-democracy-activist-sarenda-panasiuk-sentenced-to-one-more-year-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109551\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-democracy activist \u0160arenda-Panasiuk sentenced to one more year in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 15, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Re\u010dyca District Court in the Homiel region has sentenced Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk to a year and a day behind bars, finding her guilty of malicious disobedience to prison authorities, her husband said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the third time the jailed activist has been found guilty of disobedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There was only one day left from the last sentence . . . But this sounds like a death warrant, because Palina physically won’t be able to survive the fourth circle of hell,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sentence was handed down by Judge Stanis\u0142a\u016d Ivaniucienka sanctioned by the European Union. Last year, he also added one year to the prisoner’s sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years ago, the activist was given two years in prison after a judge found her guilty of violence against a police officer and insulting officials. She subsequently received three additional one-year terms for allegedly disobeying prison administration. Her added sentences are already longer than the original one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European diplomats traveled to Re\u010dyca yesterday to support the imprisoned activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0160arenda-Panasiuk\u2019s detention is unfair and the charges brought against her are unjust and politically motivated, the German embassy said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that the mother of two minor children has to stand trial on the Mother\u2019s Day, observed in the country on October 14, demonstrates the ruthlessness of the Belarusian regime toward dissidents, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Federal Government demands freedom for all political prisoners in Belarus, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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