{"id":148723,"date":"2025-07-29T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148723\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"rights-groups-designate-11-more-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148723\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups designate 11 more political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 29,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>Belarusian human rights groups have designated 11 more<strong> <\/strong>prisoners as victims of political persecution, said the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna\u2019s list of political prisoners contains 1,175 names but their real number is higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viktar Mieka, sentenced to an unknown term for alleged calls for sanctions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej Androna\u016d, convicted of insulting the head of state<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej Aro\u0142, convicted of defamation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alena Rudaja, convicted of extremism-related crimes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ja\u016dhien \u0160lachcionak, convicted of extremism-related crimes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safija Ba\u010durynskaja, convicted of slandering the head of state and officials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valer Ivanin, awaiting trial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ja\u016dhien Bialkievi\u010d, awaiting trial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ja\u016dhien Piarhaje\u016d, awaiting trial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Illa Valvienkin, awaiting trial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mika\u0142aj Lis, awaiting trial<\/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\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" 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\">Bie\u0142aruski Hajun arrests surpass 30, right activists estimate<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 28, Pozirk. Belarus continues to arrest people suspected of sharing information with the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring project, Viasna reported. According to the human rights center, at least 33 people were taken into custody, and at least six &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/148522\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 29,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Belarusian human rights groups have designated 11 more prisoners as victims of political persecution, said the Viasna Human Rights Center. Viasna\u2019s list of political prisoners contains 1,175 names but their real number is higher because many cases go undocumented. The additions are: Viktar Mieka, sentenced to an unknown term for alleged calls for sanctions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":58226,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-148723","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>Rights groups designate 11 more political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 29,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Belarusian human rights groups have designated 11 more prisoners as victims of political persecution, said the Viasna Human Rights\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148723\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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