{"id":166868,"date":"2025-12-04T17:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166868\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"supreme-court-throws-out-appeals-by-men-imprisoned-for-letters-to-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166868\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court throws out appeals by men imprisoned for letters to political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 4,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The Supreme Court has rejected appeals by three men convicted of facilitating extremism for posting news stories from banned media outlets on the \u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e.\u0431\u0435\u043b website, according to the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar Mazur and Pavie\u0142 Karaniuchin were sentenced to three years and six months in prison in November 2024, while Alaksandar \u0141yk\u0161yn was given three years and seven months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website assisted users with writing and mailing letters to political prisoners. The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office also classified this service as \u201cfacilitating extremism\u201d because some of the recipients had been convicted of extremism-related crimes. Authorities declared \u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e.\u0431\u0435\u043b extremist content on November 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three men were designated as political prisoners by human rights groups.<\/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\">Navapo\u0142ack-based florist sentenced to \u201crestricted freedom\u201d for donations<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 3,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Instances of politically-motivated persecution documented on December 3 included a \u201crestricted freedom\u201d sentence for Natalla Hir\u0161, a florist in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, Na\u0161a Niva reported. She was convicted of financing extremism apparently in connection with donations to opposition groups. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166751\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 4,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Supreme Court has rejected appeals by three men convicted of facilitating extremism for posting news stories from banned media outlets on the \u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e.\u0431\u0435\u043b website, according to the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office. Alaksandar Mazur and Pavie\u0142 Karaniuchin were sentenced to three years and six months in prison in November 2024, while Alaksandar \u0141yk\u0161yn was given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":73726,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-166868","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>Supreme Court throws out appeals by men imprisoned for letters to political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 4,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Supreme Court has rejected appeals by three men convicted of facilitating extremism for posting news stories from banned\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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