{"id":144776,"date":"2025-07-01T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144776\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-concerns-grow-over-jailed-pundit-kasciuhovas-health","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144776\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: concerns grow over jailed pundit Ka\u015bciuhova\u2019s health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Jailed political analyst Valeryja Ka\u015bciuhova\u2019s health is deteriorating, <em>Radyjo Svaboda <\/em>reported. The 57-year-old has been regularly fainting and needs adequate medical care and medications. She has been held behind bars since June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus from June 27 to 30 included the arrest of Aleh Chamienka, lead singer for the Pa\u0142ac folk rock band, the Viasna Human Rights Center said yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three days ago, Belarusian officials added 33 names to the list of people \u201cinvolved in extremist activity.\u201d All of them had been sentenced on criminal charges typical of political cases, such as extremism, insulting the head of state or justifying Nazism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition activist Pavie\u0142 Bialucin, arrested in early May, had been brought to Belarus in a special operation by the Committee for State Security (KGB), the state-controlled <em>ONT <\/em>TV channel said, accusing the man of running a group that prepared attack drones targeting strategic infrastructure in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road sign pointing towards the Kurapaty memorial to the victims of Josef Stalin Terror had been removed. Pictures posted by pro-government influencer Volha Bondarava show two holes in the ground where the sign used to be. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups added 11 more names to their list of political prisoners, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 1, human rights defenders identified at least 1,175 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Minsk brands 33 more people as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 29, Pozirk. Belarusian officials on Friday added 33 names to the list of people \u201cinvolved in extremist activity.\u201d All of them had been sentenced on criminal charges typical of political cases, such as extremism, insulting the head of state &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/144519\">\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>July 1, Pozirk. Jailed political analyst Valeryja Ka\u015bciuhova\u2019s health is deteriorating, Radyjo Svaboda reported. The 57-year-old has been regularly fainting and needs adequate medical care and medications. She has been held behind bars since June 2021. Other cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus from June 27 to 30 included the arrest of Aleh Chamienka, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-144776","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>Reprisals: concerns grow over jailed pundit Ka\u015bciuhova\u2019s health | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 1, Pozirk. Jailed political analyst Valeryja Ka\u015bciuhova\u2019s health is deteriorating, Radyjo Svaboda reported. 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