{"id":168136,"date":"2025-12-14T15:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168136\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"viasna-welcomes-release-of-prisoners-stresses-that-more-than-1000-remain-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168136\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna welcomes release of prisoners, stresses that more than 1,000 remain in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 14,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Viasna Human Rights Center has welcomed the release of 123 inmates on December 13, but stressed than more than 1,000 political prisoners remain behind bars, including its activists Valancin Stefanovi\u010d and Marfa Rabkova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery day of imprisonment for these people is the continuation of injustice and violations of fundamental human rights,\u201d it said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka released 123 prisoners. Nine were taken to Lithuania, including Ale\u015b Bialacki of Viasna, a Nobel prize laureate, and several prominent opposition figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka promises to do his best to stop balloon overflights &#8211; Coale<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 14,&nbsp;Pozirk. During talks in Minsk on December 13, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka promised to stop weather balloons flying from his country into Lithuania, Reuters reported quoting US envoy John Coale as saying. 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The Viasna Human Rights Center has welcomed the release of 123 inmates on December 13, but stressed than more than 1,000 political prisoners remain behind bars, including its activists Valancin Stefanovi\u010d and Marfa Rabkova. \u201cEvery day of imprisonment for these people is the continuation of injustice and violations of fundamental human rights,\u201d it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":168130,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-168136","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>Viasna welcomes release of prisoners, stresses that more than 1,000 remain in jail | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 14,&nbsp;Pozirk. 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