{"id":137106,"date":"2025-05-07T17:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137106\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-pardons-42-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137106\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka pardons 42 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\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\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>May 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;In addition to signing a general amnesty program for 7,630 inmates, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has pardoned 42 political prisoners in connection with the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latter include 18 women and 24 men, 13 inmates with chronic diseases and one inmate with a disability, said the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office. Twenty-four have minor children, two have many children, 10 are over 50 and one is at the retirement age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since July 2024, \u0141uka\u0161enka has pardoned 292 political prisoners. At least 8,234 people have been prosecuted on political grounds since 2020, with 6,940 convicted and at least 33 sent for compulsory treatment, said the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/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\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka approves Victory Day amnesty<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 7, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed into law an amnesty program in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, his press office reports. MPs approved the amnesty bill on April 30 with the Council of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/137091\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, Pozirk.&nbsp;In addition to signing a general amnesty program for 7,630 inmates, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has pardoned 42 political prisoners in connection with the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. The latter include 18 women and 24 men, 13 inmates with chronic diseases and one inmate with a disability, said the Belarusian ruler\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":93879,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-137106","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka pardons 42 political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 7, Pozirk.&nbsp;In addition to signing a general amnesty program for 7,630 inmates, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has pardoned 42 political prisoners in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137106\/\" \/>\n<meta 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