{"id":44950,"date":"2022-12-16T20:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/human-rights-defenders-declare-11-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"human-rights-defenders-declare-11-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44950\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights defenders declare 11 political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 16, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Human rights defenders have added 11 more people to the political prisoners&#8217; list, taking their total to 1,441, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New additions include Alisa Ramanava (one year in prison), Alaksiej Michniuk (18 months in prison), Siarhiej Lalin (two years), Vadzim Kalinin (one year), D\u017amitryj Varanovi\u010d (two and a half years), and Pavie\u0142 \u0160alejnika\u016d (two years of restricted freedom). Authorities persecuted them on charges of insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and public officials.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Vital Korsak and Viktar Pil\u017eys were given two years in prison each for posting Nazi symbols in red and green colors and a negative comment about policemen, respectively.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Michai\u0142 Tarasievi\u010d received six years in prison on a number of politically-motivated charges, including insulting public officials and threatening them with violence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights defenders also added to their list former journalist \u0141arysa \u0160\u010dyrakova arrested on charges of allegedly discrediting Belarus and Maksim Darkovi\u010d accused of insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Lawtrend, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Belarusian PEN and the Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House aligned themselves with the Viasna&#8217;s statement and called for an immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to the political crackdown in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, BPN. Human rights defenders have added 11 more people to the political prisoners&#8217; list, taking their total to 1,441, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. New additions include Alisa Ramanava (one year in prison), Alaksiej Michniuk (18 months in prison), Siarhiej Lalin (two years), Vadzim Kalinin (one year), D\u017amitryj Varanovi\u010d (two and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44950","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Human rights defenders declare 11 political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 16, BPN. 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