{"id":180747,"date":"2026-03-24T14:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180747\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:47:42","slug":"rights-groups-identify-six-more-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180747\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups identify six more political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian human rights defenders have declared six more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 889, says a joint statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U\u0142adzis\u0142aw Nasciu\u0161kin, Maksim \u0141uka\u0161evi\u010d, Artur Bilibucha, U\u0142adzimir Novik and Anton \u0160ulako\u016dski were convicted of mass disorder in connection with their role in peaceful protests in the wake of the disputed presidential election of 2020. Vasil Prochara\u016d was convicted of insulting the head of state and mass disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viasna Human Rights Center, Belarusian PEN, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva and Lawtrend signed the declaration.&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: eight women given lengthy prison terms over grassroots activism<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 24, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus from March 21 to 23, with lengthy prison terms passed against participants in a grassroots initiative of local chats that was blacklisted and an extremist group in Belarus &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/180713\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 24, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared six more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 889, says a joint statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center. 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