{"id":1240,"date":"2023-08-27T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1240"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"jailed-opposition-activist-on-hunger-strike-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1240\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed opposition activist on hunger strike \u2013 rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 27,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/strong>Jailed opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk has been on hunger strike since August 23, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She refused to eat in protest against detention conditions at the temporary detention center in Re\u010dyca, Homiel region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160arenda-Panasiuk&nbsp;is reportedly held in a filthy cell and is not allowed to go out for walks and receive parcels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have recently transferred her to Re\u010dyca for &#8220;investigative actions&#8221; in a new case on charges of disobeying prison authorities, according to her husband Andrej \u0160arenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her previous sentence on similar charges ended on August 6. In May, authorities subjected her to a psychiatric examination after she had filed an official request to renounce Belarusian citizenship in protest against torture in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2021, a court in Brest sentenced her to two years in prison for a scuffle with a police officer during a raid on her home, and for allegedly insulting public officials and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.&nbsp;Ten months later, a court in Homiel sentenced her to an additional year for defying police orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160arenda-Panasiuk is the European Belarus activist and a mother of two. Her husband lives abroad together with their two children after fleeing the country from politically-motivated persecution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 27,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Jailed opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk has been on hunger strike since August 23, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. She refused to eat in protest against detention conditions at the temporary detention center in Re\u010dyca, Homiel region. \u0160arenda-Panasiuk&nbsp;is reportedly held in a filthy cell and is not allowed to go out for walks and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-1240","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Jailed opposition activist on hunger strike \u2013 rights group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 27,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Jailed opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk has been on hunger strike since August 23, the Viasna Human Rights Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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