{"id":118513,"date":"2024-12-16T20:39:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T17:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118513\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"at-least-144-persecuted-on-criminal-charges-in-november-viasna","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118513\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 144 persecuted on criminal charges in November \u2013 Viasna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 16, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus\u2019 law enforcement agencies in November persecuted at least 144 people on criminal charges arising from their political activity, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activists documented “a record number of couples or groups of relatives subjected to politically-motivated criminal prosecution,” it said, noting courts considered at least 13 cases involving groups of relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, 78 people were tried on politically-motivated criminal charges in Minsk, 28 in the Brest region, nine in the Homiel region, 12 in the Minsk region, eight in the Hrodna region, three in the Viciebsk region and six in the Mahilo\u016d region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five repression victims were confronted with new charges. “There is a trend toward the arbitrary prosecution of political prisoners who had fallen in the grinder of repression at the very beginning of the political crisis in mid-2020, and whose prison terms were coming to an end in 2024,” Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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