{"id":184378,"date":"2026-04-21T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184378\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:55:03","slug":"amnesty-international-human-rights-in-belarus-severely-restricted-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184378\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International: human rights in Belarus \u201cseverely restricted\u201d in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amnesty_international_logo_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amnesty_international_logo_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amnesty_international_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amnesty_international_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amnesty_international_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amnesty_international_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Amnesty International)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The rights to freedom of expression and association in Belarus were \u201cseverely restricted\u201d last year, while exercising the right to freedom of peaceful assembly remained effectively criminalized, says a recent report by Amnesty International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian law enforcers stepped up efforts to identify and prosecute participants in the 2020 postelection protests as the statute of limitations for the charges was expiring, it noted, citing data from the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ongoing emigration, including in response to politically-motivated reprisals following disputed elections in 2020, deepened workforce shortages, while the authorities continued harassing \u00e9migr\u00e9s by denying them consular services abroad, Amnesty International said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka extended his 30-year rule in Belarus, the country retained close political, economic and military links with Russia, hosting its troops and joint military exercises, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His government also continued to repress religious minorities through a compulsory and non-transparent registration process, while the justice system was used to suppress dissent, it said. Torture and other ill-treatment reportedly remained widespread, with impunity persisting, while refugees and migrants also faced abuses by authorities.<\/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\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752.jpg 945w\" 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\">UN experts sound alarms over detention conditions at Navapo\u0142ack penal colony<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 21, Pozirk. A group of UN experts expressed grave concern over reports of prolonged incommunicado detention and conditions at the penal colony in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region. \u201cInformation we have received indicates deeply alarming detention practices that may amount to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/184368\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, Pozirk. The rights to freedom of expression and association in Belarus were \u201cseverely restricted\u201d last year, while exercising the right to freedom of peaceful assembly remained effectively criminalized, says a recent report by Amnesty International. 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