{"id":121233,"date":"2025-01-10T13:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121233\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"viasna-dozens-political-prisoners-released-in-december","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121233\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna: dozens political prisoners released in December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 10, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian authorities released at least 69 political prisoners last month, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported, noting that 20 had served their sentences in full while the remaining 49 were pardoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna, a former BelaPAN<\/em> CEO and editor in chief, was released in early December after serving a four-year prison term for her journalistic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar Bireta, Alaksandar Tarasienka, Viktar Kulinka and former prosecutor Ja\u016dhien Babak are also among those who were released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, propaganda worker Juryj Vaskrasienki disclosed the names of five female political prisoners who have been pardoned recently: Anita Bakunovi\u010d, Volha or \u017dana Vo\u0142kava, Natalla Kruk, Irena Kliviec and Ina Palcava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of designated political prisoners fell from 1,296 in late November to 1,265 a month later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viasna’s December report documented at least 759 instances of politically-motivated persecution and at least 150 sentences amid the ongoing crackdown on regime critics and opposition in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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