{"id":149191,"date":"2025-08-01T12:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149191\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"rights-defenders-identify-seven-more-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149191\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights defenders identify seven more political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 1,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Belarusian human rights groups have designated seven prisoners as victims of political persecution, said the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna\u2019s list of political prisoners includes 1,184 names but their real number is likely higher due to many undocumented cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions\u2014Maryna Pietra\u017eyckaja, Natalla Navickaja, Iryna \u0160umiejka, Arciom \u0160ynkievi\u010d, Aksana \u0160alapina, D\u017amitryj Caruk and Dzianis Cybulski\u2014are prosecuted on extremism-related charges widely used in Belarus against political opponents of the government. &nbsp;<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_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\">Minsk-based artist \u0160alapina charged with facilitating extremism<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 31,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Police in Minsk have charged Aksana \u0160alapina, an artist arrested several days ago, with facilitating extremism, Na\u0161a Niva reported. The charge carries a prison sentence of up to seven years. Other instances of politically-motivated persecution documented on July 29 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/149019\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 1,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarusian human rights groups have designated seven prisoners as victims of political persecution, said the Viasna Human Rights Center. Viasna\u2019s list of political prisoners includes 1,184 names but their real number is likely higher due to many undocumented cases. The additions\u2014Maryna Pietra\u017eyckaja, Natalla Navickaja, Iryna \u0160umiejka, Arciom \u0160ynkievi\u010d, Aksana \u0160alapina, D\u017amitryj Caruk and Dzianis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":58226,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-149191","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rights defenders identify seven more political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 1,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarusian human rights groups have designated seven prisoners as victims of political persecution, said the Viasna Human\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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