{"id":110490,"date":"2024-10-21T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110490\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"human-rights-defenders-label-8-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110490\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights defenders label 8 as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-e1700140578746.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights defenders have designated eight people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,299, the Viasna Human Rights Center <a href=\"https:\/\/spring96.org\/be\/news\/116516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are: Alaksandar Jaku\u0161ko\u016d, Arciom Zia\u0144ko\u016d, Valeryj Miafodzijenka, Andrej \u0141abada, Maryna Leanovi\u010d, Ja\u016dhien Zajca\u016d, Ja\u016dhien \u015aciapana\u016d and Siarhiej Pa\u016d\u0142avicki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were taken into custody or convicted over donations to resistance groups, insults against authorities, extremism and other alleged crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities use imprisonment and criminal prosecution for various protest activities to suppress social and political activism, dissent and anti-war demonstrations, the human rights activists said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They demanded freedom for these and all other political prisoners and an end to reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viasna Human Rights Center, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Belarusian PEN signed the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Volodarka_ARCHV_POZ_1128-7965-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Volodarka_ARCHV_POZ_1128-7965-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Volodarka_ARCHV_POZ_1128-7965-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Volodarka_ARCHV_POZ_1128-7965-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Volodarka_ARCHV_POZ_1128-7965-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Volodarka_ARCHV_POZ_1128-7965.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <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\">Rights group reports 7,400 politically-motivated criminal cases since 2020<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 20, Pozirk. 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. Almost a quarter of them are women. At least 2,336 people &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/110322\">\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 21, Pozirk. Human rights defenders have designated eight people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,299, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. They are: Alaksandar Jaku\u0161ko\u016d, Arciom Zia\u0144ko\u016d, Valeryj Miafodzijenka, Andrej \u0141abada, Maryna Leanovi\u010d, Ja\u016dhien Zajca\u016d, Ja\u016dhien \u015aciapana\u016d and Siarhiej Pa\u016d\u0142avicki. 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