{"id":148266,"date":"2025-07-25T20:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148266\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"rights-defenders-declare-eight-people-to-be-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148266\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights defenders declare eight people to be political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Members of the Belarusian human rights community have declared eight more people political prisoners, the Viasna center reported. Currently, 1,164 people have this status in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new additions are Alaksandar Miad\u017aviedzie\u016d, Darja Siema\u0161kievi\u010d, Viktar Iva\u0144kovi\u010d, Andrej Andra\u0161\u010duk, Piotr \u0141unio\u016d, Karyna Zialenskaja and Siarhiej \u0160aci\u0142a\u016d. They were sentenced for alleged violent disorder. Ja\u016dhieni Nievar was also included; he was sentenced for alleged rioting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human rights defenders are demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to political reprisals against the country\u2019s citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Viasna, the statement was signed by the Belarusian PEN, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, Respect-Protect-Fulfill, Human Constanta, and the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.<\/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\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Interior ministry brands brother of jailed journalist \u0141osik, 13 others as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 25,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The interior ministry has added 14 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 5,559, its website says. The list features Mikita \u0141osik, the brother of jailed journalist Ihar \u0141osik. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/148201\">\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 25, Pozirk. Members of the Belarusian human rights community have declared eight more people political prisoners, the Viasna center reported. Currently, 1,164 people have this status in Belarus. The new additions are Alaksandar Miad\u017aviedzie\u016d, Darja Siema\u0161kievi\u010d, Viktar Iva\u0144kovi\u010d, Andrej Andra\u0161\u010duk, Piotr \u0141unio\u016d, Karyna Zialenskaja and Siarhiej \u0160aci\u0142a\u016d. They were sentenced for alleged violent disorder. 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