{"id":149840,"date":"2025-08-06T17:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149840\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"human-rights-defenders-declare-five-people-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149840\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights defenders declare five people political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian human rights community has designated five more people as political prisoners, according to a joint statement released by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are Maryna Mazo\u016dka, Volha Ka\u0142pakova, Vadzim Zdaravienna\u016d, Ihar Burdel and Stanis\u0142a\u016d Sili\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their charges ranged from from calling for sanctions and inciting hatred to insulting the head of state and discrediting Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Viasna, the statement was signed by Lawtrend, Respect-Protect-Fulfill, Human Constanta, Belarusian PEN and Pravavaja Inicyjatyva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among their demands: stop suppressing legitimate forms of expression, immediately release the aforementioned people and other political prisoners and stop repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 1,183 political prisoners are still serving their sentences, according to activists.<\/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\/07\/kolonia_v_ivatsevichakh_viasna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kolonia_v_ivatsevichakh_viasna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kolonia_v_ivatsevichakh_viasna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kolonia_v_ivatsevichakh_viasna.jpg 650w\" 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\">Viasna: despite pardons number of political prisoners remains critically high<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 4, Pozirk. Monitors documented 64 instances of politically-motivated persecution, including arrests and searches, in Belarus in July, the Viasna Human Rights Center said in a monthly report. \u201cThe human rights situation in Belarus remains critical. Reprisals against participants in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/149564\">\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>August 6, Pozirk. The Belarusian human rights community has designated five more people as political prisoners, according to a joint statement released by the Viasna Human Rights Center. They are Maryna Mazo\u016dka, Volha Ka\u0142pakova, Vadzim Zdaravienna\u016d, Ihar Burdel and Stanis\u0142a\u016d Sili\u010d. 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