{"id":145588,"date":"2025-07-07T14:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145588\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-worst-performing-in-eradicating-torture-for-sixth-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145588\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus worst-performing in eradicating torture for sixth consecutive year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-e1700140578746.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\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>July 7, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus ranked at the bottom of Prohibition of Torture Index for the sixth straight year with a score of -95, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports, quoting the Civic Solidarity Platform\u2019s working group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus lost 1.19 points compared the previous year with the country leading the worst scores together with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The working group includes members of human rights and civic organizations from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.<\/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\/06\/obse_osce_org-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/obse_osce_org-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/obse_osce_org-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/obse_osce_org-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/obse_osce_org.jpg 750w\" 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\">OSCE group: Belarus must end crackdown on opponents<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 4, Pozirk. Permanent representatives of 37 countries in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) called for an end to politically-motivated reprisals in Belarus, urging Minsk to release all jailed regime critics. Sibylle Osten-Vaa, German envoy to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/145365\">\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 7, Pozirk. Belarus ranked at the bottom of Prohibition of Torture Index for the sixth straight year with a score of -95, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports, quoting the Civic Solidarity Platform\u2019s working group. Belarus lost 1.19 points compared the previous year with the country leading the worst scores together with Russia. 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