{"id":120397,"date":"2024-12-31T22:47:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120397\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"reprisals-belarus-ends-year-with-over-1000-political-prisoners-just-like-in-2022-and-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120397\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: Belarus ends year with over 1,000 political prisoners, just like in 2022 and 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 31, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Mahilo\u016d region&#8217;s Bycha\u016d district court has tried Kanstancin Dziemianko\u016d, department head at the Dniapro\u016dskaje peat company, for spreading extremism. The charge is typically connected with social media posts and carries a sentence of some two weeks in jail. It is unknown whether Judge Kaciaryna Mar\u0161a\u0142ava found Dziemianko\u016d guilty, Belarusian media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, at least six people were tried for circulating extremist information in the Viciebsk region: Alaksandar \u017delazo\u016dski in the regional capital, Ihar Ho\u0142ubie\u016d, Hanna Vierak\u0161a and Iryna \u0160kindzier in the Liepiel district, Siarhiej Archipienka in Or\u0161a and Adrej Praskuryn in the U\u0161a\u010dy district. The verdicts are unknown, <em>Viciebsk, Ja Gulaju<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of tonight, human rights defenders identified at least 1,265 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. On the last working day of 2023, December 29, there were 1,455 designated political prisoners and on December 31, 2022 \u2013 1,448.<\/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\"> 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\">Reprisals: mass arrests in Homiel region<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Catholic priest convicted of high treason Exiled comedian given prison term for jokes about \u0141uka\u0161enka Two exiled ex-officers given lengthy prison terms over arson attack on police base Eleven tried for sharing opposition content December 31, Pozirk. New cases &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/120307\">\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 31, Pozirk. The Mahilo\u016d region&#8217;s Bycha\u016d district court has tried Kanstancin Dziemianko\u016d, department head at the Dniapro\u016dskaje peat company, for spreading extremism. The charge is typically connected with social media posts and carries a sentence of some two weeks in jail. It is unknown whether Judge Kaciaryna Mar\u0161a\u0142ava found Dziemianko\u016d guilty, Belarusian media reported. 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