{"id":199752,"date":"2026-08-12T17:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199752\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:34:42","slug":"demoted-colonel-appointed-head-of-homiel-penal-colony-for-women","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199752\/","title":{"rendered":"Demoted colonel appointed head of Homiel penal colony for women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141a\u016dryno\u016dski, a colonel in the interior ministry, has been appointed warden of Homiel Penal Colony No. 4, a facility for female first-time offenders, the MAYDAY.TEAM initiative said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141a\u016dryno\u016dski, 41, was previously deputy head of the interior ministry\u2019s department of sentence enforcement. His new appointment represents a demotion in rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former warden Stanis\u0142a\u016d Kavalo\u016d had been appointed to the position in August 2024. Rights defenders from Dissidentby listed him among law enforcers implicated in politically-motivated persecution. The database says he was linked to the use of violence, inadequate conditions for jailed dissidents, psychological pressure on women, as well as orders for solitary confinement, denial of medical care and deprivation of care packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of August 9, 2,089 women had been convicted in politically-motivated criminal cases in Belarus, according to the rights groups\u2019 data. Most of them were held at the Homiel penal colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 120 women remain behind bars on charges widely seen as politically motivated. This number includes mothers of large families, seniors and women with serious illnesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 12, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141a\u016dryno\u016dski, a colonel in the interior ministry, has been appointed warden of Homiel Penal Colony No. 4, a facility for female first-time offenders, the MAYDAY.TEAM initiative said on Telegram. \u0141a\u016dryno\u016dski, 41, was previously deputy head of the interior ministry\u2019s department of sentence enforcement. His new appointment represents a demotion in rank. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":188623,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-199752","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Demoted colonel appointed head of Homiel penal colony for women | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 12, Pozirk. 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