{"id":123303,"date":"2025-01-25T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123303\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-15-pardoned-22-branded-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123303\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: 15 pardoned, 22 branded &#8220;extremists&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 25, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 24 as a judge in Minsk convicted D\u017amitryj \u017darnasiek and his wife Alena on protest-related charges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both will serve two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siarhiej Fran\u010duk, imprisoned for three and a half years in a politically-motivated case, was given six more months on charges of insulting officials, Viasna said. The trial took place two weeks ago in Babrujsk, Mahilo\u016d region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry announced extremist content designations for seven Telegram channels and chats, including four Ukrainian channels and <em>Vestnik Mrakobesa<\/em> by exiled Russian blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya with 84,000 followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other blacklisted content covers <em>Orsha.eu <\/em>Vkontakte account and logo,<em> freebelarusians<\/em> and <em>kharysava<\/em> on Instagram as well as a page commemorating victims of the Stalinist terror in Or\u0161a, Viciebsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities added 22 people to the list of persons \u201cinvolved in extremist activity,\u201d <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported. One of them is exiled stand-up comedian Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Kamisaranka, sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for jokes about Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict to pardon 15 more people, his press office reported. Eight of them were persecuted on charges widely seen as politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of January 25, human rights defenders identified at least 1,246 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_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\">Belarus bans American book on Gulag<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 24, Pozirk. The information ministry has added 30 titles to the list of print publications that contradict Belarus&#039; national interests, bringing the total to 65. The list was introduced in November 2024 and originally included 35 titles. The ministry &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/123226\">\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 25, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on January 24 as a judge in Minsk convicted D\u017amitryj \u017darnasiek and his wife Alena on protest-related charges. Both will serve two and a half years of restricted freedom in home confinement, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Siarhiej Fran\u010duk, imprisoned for three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-123303","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>Reprisals: 15 pardoned, 22 branded &quot;extremists&quot; | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 25, Pozirk. 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