{"id":128452,"date":"2025-03-03T20:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128452\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"nine-declared-political-prisoners-after-facing-disorder-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128452\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine declared political prisoners after facing disorder charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian human rights activists have declared nine people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,239, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It named the prisoners as Alesia Halicyna, Andrej Nie\u015bciarovi\u010d, Iryna Pa\u017aniakievi\u010d, Ivan Paleviko\u016d, Palina Zyl, Anatol Vasile\u016dski, Alaksandar Klutko, Alaksandar Taranka, and Lilija Ka\u010dan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It cited reports on &#8220;bringing charges, taking into custody and depriving liberty in a penal colony.&#8221; Authorities reportedly accused the nine of violent disorder and Ka\u010dan of calling for sanctions on top of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Belarusian PEN, Human Constanta, Lawtrend, Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Respect-Protect-Fulfill, and Viasna signed the declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They demanded that the Belarusian authorities should immediately release all political prisoners and people arrested for implementing their right to peaceful assembly and stop political repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-333x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-333x236.jpg 333w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-690x490.jpg 690w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>                        <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\">Interior ministry brands 21 people as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 28, Pozirk. The interior ministry has added 21 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 4,990, its website says. All blacklisted persons were convicted on charges that authorities use &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/128138\">\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>March 3, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights activists have declared nine people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,239, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. It named the prisoners as Alesia Halicyna, Andrej Nie\u015bciarovi\u010d, Iryna Pa\u017aniakievi\u010d, Ivan Paleviko\u016d, Palina Zyl, Anatol Vasile\u016dski, Alaksandar Klutko, Alaksandar Taranka, and Lilija Ka\u010dan. 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