{"id":139204,"date":"2025-05-21T20:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139204\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"georgia-belarusian-activists-show-solidarity-with-prisoners-in-their-homeland","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139204\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia: Belarusian activists show solidarity with prisoners in their homeland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 21, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights activist Raman Ki\u015blak and diaspora activist Le\u016d Michieje\u016d have staged a picket in Tbilisi in solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ki\u015blak told Pozirk <\/em>that the demonstration was timed to coincide with International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the human rights activist, he and Michieje\u016d first held a picket outside the Belarusian embassy and then near the Georgian interior ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We drew attention to the existence of political prisoners and the use of torture in Belarus,” Ki\u015blak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solidarity day for Belarusian political prisoners is observed on May 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this day in 2021, opposition activist Vitold A\u0161urak died at \u0160k\u0142o\u016d\u2019s Penal Colony No. 17 under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, more than 7,000 people have faced criminal charges for political reasons in Belarus since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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