{"id":115193,"date":"2024-11-23T20:33:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T17:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115193\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-group-wardens-seek-pardon-requests-from-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115193\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group: wardens seek pardon requests from political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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November 23, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Prison authorities in an unnamed penal colony offer recently transferred political prisoners to submit pardon requests, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports, citing sources who wished to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documented new political prisoners still outnumber thoese pardoned since early July, Viasna said earlier this week, noting that 178 political prisoners have been released in six batches since July, yet 223 people were designated as political prisoners in the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In mid-summer, prosecutors reportedly visited Penal Colony No. 1 in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, to seek pardon requests from people serving short terms in politically-motivated cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some penal colonies, inmates were placed in punishment cells for refusing to sign such requests or threatened with new criminal charges of disobeying prison administration, according to rights defenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dissidentby rights group reported earlier that the Committee for State Security (KGB) stepped up efforts to recruit informers among the pardoned people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since July 1, the number of documented political prisoners has fallen from 1,410 to 1,274, but the real number of those subjected to politically-motivated persecution is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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