{"id":3365,"date":"2023-09-29T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=3365"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"high-profile-commission-considers-72-petitions-for-clemency-in-penal-colony","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3365\/","title":{"rendered":"High-profile commission considers 72 petitions for clemency in penal colony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 29,\u00a0<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0A commission for clemency has considered 72 petitions for release from criminal punishment during a field session at\u00a0Penal Colony No. 3 in Vi\u0107ba, Viciebsk region, the press office of the Belarusian Ministry of Justice reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three of the 72 petitions were submitted by Vi\u0107ba&#8217;s inmates. The meeting was also attended by people serving sentences in another colony with the same regime as Vi\u0107ba or non-custodial sentences, the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It did not elaborate on any&nbsp;decisions taken by the commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was chaired by Volha \u010cuprys, deputy head of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s administration. It also involved Justice Minister Siarhiej Chamienka and Interior Minister Ivan Kubrako\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Internal Affairs quoted Kubrako\u016d as saying that on-site meetings were &#8220;a common practice&#8221; as the commission also looks into detention conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Belarusian human rights activists, more than 100 political prisoners are serving sentences at&nbsp;the Vi\u0107ba colony, such as lawyer Maksim Znak, a close ally of former presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka. Others include Andrej D\u017amitryje\u016d, who run for president in the 2020 election, civic activist Maksim Viniarski, former investigator Ja\u016dhien Ju\u0161kievi\u010d and former prosecutorial worker Ja\u016dhien Babak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 29,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0A commission for clemency has considered 72 petitions for release from criminal punishment during a field session at\u00a0Penal Colony No. 3 in Vi\u0107ba, Viciebsk region, the press office of the Belarusian Ministry of Justice reports. Three of the 72 petitions were submitted by Vi\u0107ba&#8217;s inmates. 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