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Vi\u0161niak said she endured harsh solitary confinement conditions, including cold, food deprivation and isolation from outside contacts. She also accused prison officials of falsifying records, using transfers as a form of psychological pressure and denying her adequate medical care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 9, Pozirk. Belarusian law enforcers charged exiled activist Hanna Vi\u0161niak with inciting hatred, facilitating extremism and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and other officials, the Investigative Committee has said on Telegram. Two years ago, Vi\u0161niak, who had left Belarus after serving two and a half years in prison over her role in peaceful protests, was charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-195054","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>Exiled dissident faces new charges in Belarus, prosecutors say | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 9, Pozirk. 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