{"id":109942,"date":"2024-10-17T19:28:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109942\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-label-four-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109942\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups label four as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by.jpg 745w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-352x236.jpg 352w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-730x490.jpg 730w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(advokatos.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Human rights defenders have designated four people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,292, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New additions include Kiry\u0142 Vieviel, accused of calling for sanctions as well as Juryj Bandarenka, Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Murno\u016d and Andrej Rabiako\u016d convicted of insulting officials and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. Bandarenka is serving an 18-month term; Murno\u016d and Rabiako\u016d, two-year terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights activists 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, the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva and Lawtrend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">At least 170 sentenced for political reasons in September \u2013 Viasna<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 17, Pozirk. As mass reprisals continue unabated since the 2020 disputed presidential election, Belarusian judges sentenced at least 170 people (46 women and 124 men) for political reasons in September, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Last month, 61 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/109880\">\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>October 17, Pozirk. Human rights defenders have designated four people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,292, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. New additions include Kiry\u0142 Vieviel, accused of calling for sanctions as well as Juryj Bandarenka, Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Murno\u016d and Andrej Rabiako\u016d convicted of insulting officials and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. Bandarenka is serving an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":76701,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-109942","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rights groups label four as political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 17, Pozirk. 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