{"id":122631,"date":"2025-01-21T13:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T10:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122631\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-label-15-as-political-prisoners-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122631\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups label 15 as political prisoners"},"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\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w, 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\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Marco Chilese \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>January 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian human rights groups have labeled 15 people sentenced on defamation and protest-related charges as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva and Lawtrend said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viktoryja Vieras, Maksim \u010cacho\u016dski, Hienad\u017a Sa\u016drycki, Alaksandar Randarenka and Alaksandar Mirski were found guilty of crimes ranging from insulting officials to high treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viktoryja Husarava, Vitold \u0160alkievi\u010d, Mika\u0142aj Ju\u0161\u010danka, Pavie\u0142 Vabi\u0161\u010devi\u010d, Alaksandar Zinienka, D\u017amitryj Udovin, Andrej Daro\u0161ka, Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Iljich, Ihar Ki\u015bliak and Vital Paprocki are currently held in custody pending trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ju\u0161\u010danka is accused of insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and high treason, while \u0160alkievi\u010d faces five criminal charges, including insulting officials and judges, abusing state symbols and participating in protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups consider their detention to be politically motivated and called for an immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to the politically-motivated crackdown in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of January 21, human rights defenders identified at least 1,254 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/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\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Viasna reports 282 political prisoners at risk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 20, Pozirk. Human rights activists know of at least 282 political prisoners at high risk, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. The exposed inmates account for 22.7 percent of all designated political prisoners. At least 81 people are seriously &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/122539\">\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>January 21, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights groups have labeled 15 people sentenced on defamation and protest-related charges as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva and Lawtrend said in a joint statement. Viktoryja Vieras, Maksim \u010cacho\u016dski, Hienad\u017a Sa\u016drycki, Alaksandar Randarenka and Alaksandar Mirski were found guilty of crimes ranging from insulting officials to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58226,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-122631","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>Rights groups label 15 as political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 21, Pozirk. 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