{"id":135250,"date":"2025-04-22T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T11:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135250\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-declare-10-new-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135250\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups declare 10 new political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Marco Chilese \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 22, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 10 more people as political prisoners, taking the total to 1,202, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alena Doby\u0161, Maksim Aku\u0142a\u016d, D\u017amitryj Chamianko\u016d, Ihar Holca\u016d, Alaksiej Pieravierzie\u016d, Vasil Are\u0161ka, Viera Kananienka, Siarhiej Karda\u0161, Alaksandar Ryba\u0142ka and Michai\u0142 Niaznana\u016d were sentenced to prison terms on extremism-related charges that authorities in Minsk use to persecute political opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, Belarusian PEN, Lawtrend, Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Human Constanta and the Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House signed the declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights defenders urged Minsk to immediately release all political prisoners, review politically motivated sentences and stop reprisals.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_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\">Reprisals: arrests of 2020 protesters continue<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 19, Pozirk. Police have arrested at least five people in Dziar\u017eynsk, Minsk region, over the past few days and charged them with violent disorder over their alleged participation in 2020 postelection protests, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Other &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/134920\">\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>April 22, Pozirk. The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 10 more people as political prisoners, taking the total to 1,202, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center. 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