{"id":151424,"date":"2025-08-15T23:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151424\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"un-experts-call-on-minsk-to-stop-mistreating-people-sentenced-for-terrorism-and-extremism","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151424\/","title":{"rendered":"UN experts urge Minsk to stop mistreating people sentenced for \u201cterrorism and extremism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 15, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Belarusian government must urgently conduct effective investigations into allegations of mistreatment of prisoners convicted on terrorism- and extremism-related charges. A group of UN experts stated so in a letter to Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe call on Belarusian authorities to \u2026 take all possible measures to safeguard their health and personal integrity, including considering granting them pardons or commutations of their sentences to non-custodial penalties,\u201d the experts said, according to the UN Human Rights Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They said the administrations of penitentiary institutions deny these people adequate medical care and also treat them inhumanely, which puts them at risk of serious and potentially irreversible health deterioration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said complaints of ill-treatment regarding two of these prisoners had already been brought to the attention of the Belarusian authorities and expressed regret that no action had been taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signees expressed concern that the detention of one prisoner may be linked to her publications on the country\u2019s socio-political issues, in violation of her right to freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts are seriously concerned about Belarus\u2019 legal framework for combating terrorism and extremism. According to reports, people are convicted of terrorism and extremism in retaliation for exercising their civil and political rights, without due process or effective trials.<\/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\/03\/OON_wikipedia-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia.png 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\">UN experts demand probe into Belarus prison deaths<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 16, Pozirk. A group of independent UN experts has called on Minsk to immediately begin an effective and transparent investigation into the deaths of citizens imprisoned for expressing political dissent. \u201cOver the past four years, several individuals identified by &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/147078\">\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 15, Pozirk. The Belarusian government must urgently conduct effective investigations into allegations of mistreatment of prisoners convicted on terrorism- and extremism-related charges. A group of UN experts stated so in a letter to Minsk. \u201cWe call on Belarusian authorities to \u2026 take all possible measures to safeguard their health and personal integrity, including considering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":78096,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-151424","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>UN experts urge Minsk to stop mistreating people sentenced for \u201cterrorism and extremism\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 15, Pozirk. 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