{"id":119963,"date":"2024-12-27T22:58:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119963\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"ten-more-people-recognized-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119963\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten more people recognized as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ten more people have been recognized as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Now there are 1,254.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders granted the status to Hanna Kmit, Andrej Sielanina\u016d and Ja\u016dhien Nika\u0142ajevi\u010d, who were charged, taken into custody and sentenced to prison for alleged violent disorder, as well as D\u017amitryj Lach, D\u017amitryj \u010carnucha, Alaksandar Krupnika\u016d, D\u017amitryj H\u0142u\u0161\u010danka, Siarhiej \u010cekiel, U\u0142adzimir Apanovi\u010d and Arciom Pucieni\u010d, who were sent to an open-type corrective institution to serve their restricted freedom sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The activists demanded freedom for these and all other political prisoners and an end to reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Viasna, the statement was signed by Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, Human Constanta and Belarusian PEN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, monitors revised their lists, reducing the number of political prisoners by 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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 groups label 13 as political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 24, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights groups have labeled 13 people convicted of defamation crimes as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. Arciom Jankin is serving 15 months in prison; Alaksandar Kireje\u016d, one year; Michai\u0142 Hierasim\u010dyk and Ja\u016dhien &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/119576\">\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>December 27, Pozirk. Ten more people have been recognized as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Now there are 1,254. Human rights defenders granted the status to Hanna Kmit, Andrej Sielanina\u016d and Ja\u016dhien Nika\u0142ajevi\u010d, who were charged, taken into custody and sentenced to prison for alleged violent disorder, as well as D\u017amitryj Lach, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-119963","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ten more people recognized as political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 27, Pozirk. Ten more people have been recognized as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Now there are 1,254. 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