{"id":179729,"date":"2026-03-17T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179729\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:04:23","slug":"incommunicado-detention-used-as-tool-for-crimes-against-humanity-report","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179729\/","title":{"rendered":"Incommunicado detention used as tool for crimes against humanity \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 17, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The practice of holding prisoners in Belarus without contact with the outside world, known as incommunicado detention, represents a tool for committing crimes against humanity, says a recent report by the International Committee for the Investigation of Torture in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incommunicado detention is also used for exerting pressure, instilling fear and destroying the prisoner\u2019s sense of self, combining elements of torture, deprivation of fundamental rights on political grounds and enforced disappearances, the authors argued. Those who issue and implement incommunicado orders bear individual criminal responsibility, they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being part of the authoritarian regime\u2019s systematic policies, these acts fall under the Rome Statute and could face investigation by the International Criminal Court, international tribunals or under universal jurisdiction, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of early February, U\u0142adzimir Kniha, Alaksandar Aranovi\u010d, Mikita Samaryn and Alaksandar Franckievi\u010d were held in isolation from the outside world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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