{"id":136118,"date":"2025-04-29T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"exiled-former-prisoner-sarenda-panasiuk-accused-of-calling-for-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136118\/","title":{"rendered":"Former prisoner \u0160arenda-Panasiuk accused of calling for sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_andrei_sharendoFB.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_andrei_sharendoFB.jpg 817w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_andrei_sharendoFB-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_andrei_sharendoFB-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_andrei_sharendoFB-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_andrei_sharendoFB-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Andrej \u0160arenda&#039;s Facebook page)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian authorities charged exiled opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk with calling for sanctions and violating preventive supervision after her release from prison, her husband Andrej \u0160arenda said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police interrogated her Belarus-based family members, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160arenda-Panasiuk fled Belarus in February after spending more than four years behind bars. In 2021, a Brest judge sentenced her to two years in prison for violence against a police officer and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, the activist was found guilty of disobeying prison authorities and had her prison term extended three times. Rights groups considered her a political prisoner. 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A group of independent UN experts has released a statement, calling on Minsk to address allegations of ill-treatment of women convicted in politically-motivated cases in Belarus, the UN Human Rights Office reports. \u201cPoor detention conditions, combined with &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/131670\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 29, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities charged exiled opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk with calling for sanctions and violating preventive supervision after her release from prison, her husband Andrej \u0160arenda said on Facebook. Police interrogated her Belarus-based family members, he added. \u0160arenda-Panasiuk fled Belarus in February after spending more than four years behind bars. 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