{"id":133322,"date":"2025-04-07T18:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133322\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"viasna-76-political-prisoners-have-serious-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133322\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna: 76 political prisoners have serious health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 7, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> At least 203 political prisoners are at risk in Belarus, including 76 with serious health issues, said the Viasna Human Rights Center in its statement on World Health Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prisoners at risk include seven inmates with disabilities, 30 inmates over 60 and 10 inmates with mental disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prisoners at risk also include those who were legal minors when they committed what was classified as crime by investigators, parents of many children and other inmates in difficult family circumstances, inmates subjected to forced treatment at mental hospitals and opposition activists held incommunicado or those who had their prison term extended after completing the original sentence.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler pardoned 265 political prisoners from July 2024 to January 2025, some of them with serious health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least seven political prisoners died behind bars and several prisoners died after their release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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