{"id":169407,"date":"2025-12-23T16:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169407\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"rights-groups-identify-10-more-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169407\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups identify 10 more political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 23,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 10 more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,112, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions are Andrej Prychod\u017aka, Andrej Asipienka, Mika\u0142aj Bunievi\u010d, Vital Kanurkin, Rus\u0142an Baran\u010duk, Mika\u0142aj Ha\u0142aluk, U\u0142adzimir Mielikaje\u016d, D\u017amitryj Babicki, Jahor Kra\u016d\u010denia and Andrej Ju\u0161kievi\u010d, imprisoned on charges ranging from insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka to calling for sanctions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, Lawtrend, Respect-Protect-Fulfill, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva and the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House and Belarusian PEN signed the declarations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights defenders demanded the immediate release of all 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 in Belarus continue with new extremism charges and designations<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 23, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus from December 20 to 22, with more people accused of extremism for opposing the current authorities. Siarhiej Strybulski, a former defendant in a high-profile protest-related case, faces criminal &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169354\">\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 23,&nbsp;Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 10 more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,112, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center. 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