{"id":138923,"date":"2025-05-20T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138923\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-declare-five-new-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138923\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups declare five 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>May 20,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared five more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,182, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anatol \u0179mitrovi\u010d and Cimafiej Karatkievi\u010d are held in custody. The first faces defamation charges, while charges against Karatkievi\u010d remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michai\u0142 Cima\u0161enka is serving a two-year prison term for allegedly slandering Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. Maksim So\u0142ap and Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Dziemian\u010donak, imprisoned for calling for sanctions, are also among the new additions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Respect-Protect-Fulfill, Human Constanta, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, Office for the Rights of People with Disabilities, Belarusian Helsinki Committee and Belarusian PEN signed the declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights defenders demanded the immediate release of all other political prisoners and the end of 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: 6,000 regime critics convicted since 2020<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 20, Pozirk. A total of 6,000 people have been accused and convicted for allegedly attempting \u201cviolent seizure of power\u201d in Belarus over the past five years, including 77 people found guilty of high treason, said Belarus\u2019 chief investigator D\u017amitryj &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/138882\">\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>May 20,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared five more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,182, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center. Anatol \u0179mitrovi\u010d and Cimafiej Karatkievi\u010d are held in custody. The first faces defamation charges, while charges against Karatkievi\u010d remain unknown. Michai\u0142 Cima\u0161enka is serving a two-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58226,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-138923","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 five new political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 20,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared five more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,182, says a statement\" \/>\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\/138923\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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