{"id":194041,"date":"2026-06-30T18:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194041\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:41:32","slug":"rights-groups-identify-12-new-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194041\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups identify 12 new political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 12 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 857, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent additions include several people currently held in custody: Lidzija Atamaniuk, Viktar Nikifara\u016d, Mika\u0142aj \u0141anievi\u010d, Andrej \u0141aty\u0161evi\u010d, Varvara \u0141aty\u0161evi\u010d, Mika\u0142aj Pa\u0161ko\u016d and Ihar Sutyrka. Charges against them remain unknown except for Sutyrka who is accused of high treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u017amityj Via\u0142a\u016d is serving four years in prison on charges of inciting hatred, slandering Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and facilitating extremist activities. Andrej Siarhieje\u016d and Aleh Stefanovi\u010d are imprisoned on extremism-related charges. Ta\u0107ciana Korsakava and her husband, D\u017amityj Korsaka\u016d, were given 12 and 14 years in prison, respectively on high treason and other charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arbitrary charges of particularly serious crimes against the state continue to be used to suppress rights and freedoms, Viasna\u2019s statement said. The authorities exploit the vague wording of the high treason Criminal Code article and are \u201creverting legal practices to the darkest days of the Stalinist dictatorship,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Belarusian PEN and Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House signed the declaration, demanding 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\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dubinka-naruchniki-news.ru_.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus ranked \u201cvery high risk\u201d country for torture<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 30, Pozirk. The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)\u2019s new annual report labels Belarus as a country whose residents face a \u201cvery high risk\u201d of torture. Torture and ill-treatment in Belarus \u201cremain widespread, systematic and state-sanctioned,\u201d says the Belarus country &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/194016\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 30, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 12 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 857, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website. The recent additions include several people currently held in custody: Lidzija Atamaniuk, Viktar Nikifara\u016d, Mika\u0142aj \u0141anievi\u010d, Andrej \u0141aty\u0161evi\u010d, Varvara \u0141aty\u0161evi\u010d, Mika\u0142aj Pa\u0161ko\u016d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":49661,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-194041","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>Rights groups identify 12 new political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 30, Pozirk. 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