{"id":117366,"date":"2024-12-09T15:29:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117366\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"authorities-block-service-allowing-writing-letters-to-political-prisoners-online","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117366\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities block service allowing writing letters to political prisoners online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pismo_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pismo_pixabay_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pismo_pixabay_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pismo_pixabay_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pismo_pixabay_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pismo_pixabay_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\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>December 9, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarusian authorities have blocked access to <em>pismo.bel<\/em> online service allowing writing letters to political prisoners three weeks after branding it\u00a0extremist content, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pismo.bel <\/em>founders Ihar Vuhlik and Alaksandar \u0141yk\u0161yn were given two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement each on protest-related charges after their arrest a year ago, rights defenders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only remaining similar project in Belarus is Majsternia Pa\u0161tovak Salidarna\u015bci.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Solidarity fund\u2019s head pledges to keep working despite criminal charges<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 6, Pozirk. \u201cWe keep working,&quot; said Andrej Stry\u017eak when asked to comment by Pozirk on criminal charges against him and his associate Alaksiej Lavon\u010dyk. 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