{"id":135719,"date":"2025-04-25T12:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135719\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-declare-seven-new-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135719\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups declare seven new political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-e1700140578746.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 25, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared seven 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>Alaksiej \u0160pako\u016dski was convicted on rioting charges. Karyna Fasievi\u010d, D\u017amitryj Rutkievi\u010d, Pavie\u0142 Barkun and Zachar \u0160arko were sentenced to prison terms on violent disorder charges that authorities routinely use to persecute participants in the 2020 postelection protests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ja\u016dhien Milankievi\u010d and Alaksandar \u0160elapien were given restricted freedom terms in open-type correctional facilities in similar cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their persecution is linked to the realization of their freedom of peaceful assembly and expression, the statement noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, Belarusian PEN, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, Respect-Protect-Fulfill and\u00a0Human Constanta 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: jailed activist Kale\u015bnikava turns 43<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Five Belarusian volunteer fighters given lengthy prison terms in absentia Student accused of extremism for links to defense monitoring chat KGB brands youth opposition project as an extremist group Police raids in Dziar\u017eynsk target exiled Belarusians UN experts alarmed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/135692\">\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 25, Pozirk. The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared seven more people as political prisoners, taking the total to 1,202, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center. Alaksiej \u0160pako\u016dski was convicted on rioting charges. Karyna Fasievi\u010d, D\u017amitryj Rutkievi\u010d, Pavie\u0142 Barkun and Zachar \u0160arko were sentenced to prison terms on violent disorder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49661,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-135719","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>Rights groups declare seven new political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 25, Pozirk. 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