{"id":152198,"date":"2025-08-22T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152198\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-declare-10-new-political-prisoners-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152198\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups declare 10 new political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay.jpg 775w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-333x236.jpg 333w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-690x490.jpg 690w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 22, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 10 more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,197, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are Maksim Hryt\u010danka, Ta\u0107ciana Pa\u0142ubok, Ihar Chinievi\u010d, Volha Ala\u0161kievi\u010d, U\u0142adzimir Dzienisienka, Ihar Nahorny, Dzianis Vasilje\u016d, Siarhiej Sikorski, Alaksiej Macukievi\u010d and Hanna \u0160pak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All these people are persecuted in connection with extremist designations of the opposition groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, Respect-Protect-Fulfill, Human Constanta and the Office for the Rights of People with Disabilities signed the declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights defenders demanded the immediate release of all other political prisoners and the end of reprisals.<\/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\">Reprisals: protestant priest given prison term in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 22, Pozirk. Protestant priest Aleh \u0141ojka was given three and a half years in prison for sharing pictures of Russian military equipment movement with the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun initiative, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. \u00a0 Other cases of politically-motivated persecution documented &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152147\">\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 22, Pozirk. The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 10 more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,197, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center. 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