{"id":178253,"date":"2026-03-05T20:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178253\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"almost-4500-declared-political-prisoners-since-2020-only-605-pardoned","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178253\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 4,500 declared political prisoners since 2020, only 605 pardoned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A total of 605 political prisoners have been released since 2020 after being pardoned, and 4,499 individuals have been declared political prisoners, reported the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are people from all over Belarus and from different age groups and social backgrounds who were charged under number of Criminal Code articles, the organization said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite the releases, the conveyor belt of repressions and political arrests is not stopping \u2013 new political prisoners are replacing the released ones,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 5, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka granted pardon to 18 convicted individuals, including 15 people charged with extremism-related offences. As usual, the names of those pardoned have not been disclosed.<\/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\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/setka-1128-pixabay.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\">\u0141uka\u0161enka pardons 18 people, including 15 political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 5,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has, by his edict, granted pardon to 18 convicted individuals, including 15 people charged with extremism-related offences, according to the unofficial Telegram channel of the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office. 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These are people from all over Belarus and from different age groups and social backgrounds who were charged under number of Criminal Code articles, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59156,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-178253","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>Almost 4,500 declared political prisoners since 2020, only 605 pardoned | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 5, Pozirk. 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