{"id":122938,"date":"2025-01-23T12:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122938\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-label-estonian-national-two-others-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122938\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups label one Estonian, two Belarusians as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 23, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian human rights groups have labeled Alena Bobr, Ihar Majsiejenka and Estonian Allan Royo as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Royo is held in custody on charges of association with an extremist group for setting up a solidarity initiative Fund of Belarus Friends, which authorities branded an extremist group last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bobr and Majsiejenka were convicted of facilitating extremism for alleged association with opposition groups. Bobr is serving three and a half years in prison, while Majsiejenka’s term remains unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Office for the Rights of People with Disabilities, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Belarusian PEN and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee aligned themselves with Viasna\u2019s statement 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

As of January 23, human rights defenders identified at least 1,256 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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