{"id":189896,"date":"2026-05-30T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189896\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:00:26","slug":"reprisals-pressure-on-jailed-dissidents-harassment-of-exiles-continues","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189896\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: pressure on jailed dissidents, harassment of exiles continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus from May 27 to 29 as a judge in Mahilo\u016d sentenced designated political prisoner Siarhiej Strybulski to three and a half years in prison on extremism-related charges, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another jailed dissident, Kiry\u0142 A\u0161urak, was found guilty on disobedience charges that authorities often use to keep their political opponents behind bars longer. The man is serving a 13-year prison term and is in very poor health. In late 2025, he reportedly suffered a minor stroke and has not seen his family for three years, Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activist Valancina Navumava from Hrodna faces several criminal charges, including inciting hatred, facilitating extremist activities, insulting and Slandering Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and abusing state symbols, Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Investigative Committee said authorities filed charges against exiled Mika\u0142aj Bojka, Juryj Makita\u016d, Natalla Nikicina, Kry\u015bcina Stankievi\u010d and Michai\u0142 \u010cuprynski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, the interior ministry added 19 new names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d among them prominent musician Aleh Chamienka sentenced to three years in prison in connection with his work as a show host for the Belarusian-language radio station&nbsp;<em>Radyjo Racyja<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry announced \u201cextremist\u201d content designations for <em>1reg.pro<\/em>, <em>breststories.com<\/em> and 15 social media accounts, including <em>baj.media.by<\/em> on <em>Threads, kc_bel_2020 (Kansas City for Free Belarus)<\/em> on Instagram, <em>vybar.org<\/em>, <em>FreeBY<\/em> and <em>l.sudalenka<\/em> on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of May 30, human rights defenders identified at least 854 political prisoners, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Rights groups identify 16 new political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 28, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 16 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 854, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website. The additions include people persecuted for alleged links &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/189699\">\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>May 30, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus from May 27 to 29 as a judge in Mahilo\u016d sentenced designated political prisoner Siarhiej Strybulski to three and a half years in prison on extremism-related charges, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. Another jailed dissident, Kiry\u0142 A\u0161urak, was found guilty on disobedience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-189896","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>Reprisals: pressure on jailed dissidents, harassment of exiles continue | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 30, Pozirk. 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