{"id":157996,"date":"2025-10-01T12:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157996\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"un-experts-urge-minsk-to-allow-women-convicted-of-extremism-to-see-their-children","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157996\/","title":{"rendered":"UN experts urge Minsk to allow women convicted of \u201cextremism\u201d to see their children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/grustnyj_rebenok_unsplash_brett_jordan_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/grustnyj_rebenok_unsplash_brett_jordan_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/grustnyj_rebenok_unsplash_brett_jordan_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/grustnyj_rebenok_unsplash_brett_jordan_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/grustnyj_rebenok_unsplash_brett_jordan_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/grustnyj_rebenok_unsplash_brett_jordan_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Brett Jordan \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A group of United Nations experts has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/09\/belarus-un-experts-urge-authorities-allow-mothers-detained-extremism-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">called <\/a>on the Belarusian authorities to lift unnecessary restrictions on communication between women jailed on \u201cdubious extremism charges\u201d and their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement, issued on September 29, stressed that UN rules for the treatment of women prisoners require facilitating their communication with children, including home leaves and replacing imprisonment with non-custodial sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian anti-extremism legislation and law-enforcement practices are incompatible with international human rights law, the experts stressed, regretting the continued persecution of people under these laws and Minsk\u2019s refusal to comply with international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are serious reasons to believe that a number of women detained on extremism charges are being arbitrarily deprived of their liberty,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThe authorities should immediately address the lack of compliance and misuse, prompting independent reviews of the grounds for detention in these cases and release.&#8221;<\/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: apostolic nuncio denied access to jailed priests<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 1, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 30 as authorities did not allow Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus Ignazio Ceffalia and Catholic Bishop Aleh Butkievi\u010d to meet jailed priests Andrzej Juchniewicz and Hienryk Aka\u0142atovi\u010d, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/157975\">\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>October 1, Pozirk. A group of United Nations experts has called on the Belarusian authorities to lift unnecessary restrictions on communication between women jailed on \u201cdubious extremism charges\u201d and their children. 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