{"id":163582,"date":"2025-11-10T19:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163582\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"regime-blamed-for-arbitrary-psychiatric-detentions-in-political-cases","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163582\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus&#8217; security forces accused of arbitrary psychiatric detentions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 10, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus has sentenced at least 37 people to compulsory psychiatric treatment in politically motivated cases, the Viasna Human Rights Center <a href=\"https:\/\/spring96.org\/ru\/news\/117443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, at least 21 political prisoners are undergoing compulsory treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities often classify these dissidents as perpetrators of socially dangerous acts while unconscious or as individuals who became mentally ill after committing crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compulsory psychiatric treatment in hospital is often applied to people who are not dangerous in arbitrary deprivation of liberty, said human rights activist Pavie\u0142 Sapie\u0142ka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups monitor such cases and recognize those sent for compulsory treatment as prisoners of conscience.<\/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\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/turma_radyio_svaboda.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\">Rights group: 182 political prisoners in Belarus at particular risk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 4, Pozirk. Authorities are holding at least 182 political prisoners in particularly risky conditions, a Belarusian human rights group reported. The Viasna center said the group includes people with health problems, minors at the time of their alleged offenses, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/162959\">\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>November 10, Pozirk. Belarus has sentenced at least 37 people to compulsory psychiatric treatment in politically motivated cases, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Currently, at least 21 political prisoners are undergoing compulsory treatment. 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