{"id":200046,"date":"2026-08-14T20:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200046\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:04:28","slug":"twenty-more-people-declared-former-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200046\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty more people declared former political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 14, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian human rights organizations have recognized 20 more individuals as former political prisoners.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement adopted on August 14, the organizations say that their conviction was linked to the exercise of their freedoms of peaceful assembly, association and expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are: Hieorhij Bie\u0142avusa\u016d, Juryj Biernat, Ivan Burlik, Viktar Viarbicki, Ja\u016dhien Homielski, Alaksandar D\u017amitruk, U\u0142adzimir Kandaraciuk, Aleh Ka\u015bpiarovi\u010d, Mika\u0142aj Kisialo\u016d, Ivan Kra\u016dco\u016d, Mikita \u0141omski, Juryj Miad\u017aviedzik, Alaksandar Papovi\u010d, Ta\u0107ciana Suchaviej, Siarhiej Suchavara\u016d, Kaciaryna Sus\u0142ava, Anhielina Tamkovi\u010d, Ihar Famionak, Ihar Fohielie\u016d and Hieorhij \u010ca\u016dsnik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Viasna Human Rights Center, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Belarusian PEN, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, Lawtrend and Belarusian Helsinki Committee signed the statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 600 individuals have already been designated as former political prisoners since the documenting of such cases began in the fall of 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of\u00a0August 14, human rights defenders\u00a0had\u00a0identified at least 878\u00a0political prisoners, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases\u00a0go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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