{"id":141168,"date":"2025-06-03T19:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141168\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"over-50-political-prisoners-released-in-may-viasna","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141168\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50 political prisoners released in May \u2013 Viasna"},"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\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Radyjo Svaboda)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> At least 51 political prisoners were released in May 2025, 42 of them by pardons, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1,550 political prisoners have been freed from correctional facilities after serving their sentences since 2020. Viasna notes that the actual number may be higher because it does not have full access to credible data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 7, media reported that Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka pardoned 42 people convicted of &#8220;extremist crimes&#8221; \u2013 18 women and 24 men. Thirteen of them have chronic diseases and one is disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two dozen of those released have minor children. Ten are over 50 years old and one has reached retirement age. Minsk claims that all of them petitioned for pardon, admitted their guilt and repented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 3, the Belarusian human rights community recognizes 1,183 people as political prisoners.<\/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\/2025\/05\/bogdan-fb-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bogdan-fb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bogdan-fb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bogdan-fb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bogdan-fb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bogdan-fb.jpg 1127w\" 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\">Former political prisoner Valer Bohdan died nine months after release<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 28, Pozirk. Andr\u0435j Stry\u017eak, co-founder of the BySol Solidarity Foundation, has said on social media that former political prisoner Valer Bohdan died earlier this year nine months after his release from penal colony. &quot;Ex-political prisoner Valer Bohdan died of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/140342\">\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>June 3, Pozirk. At least 51 political prisoners were released in May 2025, 42 of them by pardons, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. More than 1,550 political prisoners have been freed from correctional facilities after serving their sentences since 2020. 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