{"id":110322,"date":"2024-10-20T20:16:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T17:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110322\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-group-reports-7400-politically-motivated-criminal-cases-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110322\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group reports 7,400 politically-motivated criminal cases since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 20, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Of almost 7,400 people who face politically-motivated criminal charges in Belarus, more than 6,000 have been already convicted since 2020, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost a quarter of them are women. At least 2,336 people were sentenced to prison terms and 681 were given restricted freedom sentences, according to Viasna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September alone, Belarusian judges sentenced at least 46 women and 124 men for political reasons as mass reprisals continued unabated since the 2020 disputed presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of October 20, human rights defenders identified at least 1,291 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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