{"id":45026,"date":"2022-12-22T18:18:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/human-rights-defenders-add-eight-to-political-prisoners-list\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"human-rights-defenders-add-eight-to-political-prisoners-list","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45026\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights defenders add eight to political prisoners\u2019 list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 22, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Human rights defenders have added eight more people to the political prisoners&#8217; list, taking their total to 1,443, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New additions include Artur Piad\u017ako, currently behind bars for sharing information with opposition Telegram channels, Rus\u0142an Sinkievi\u010d (four years in prison on charges of extremism and participating in protests), D\u017amitryj Miad\u017aviedzki (three years; sabotage on the railway), Juryj Trapa\u010do\u016d (three years; extremism, inciting hatred, participating in protests).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights defenders also added Siarhiej Rabca\u016d (six and a half years in prison), Siarhiej Nialepka (nine years), Alaksandr Duraje\u016d (three years), and U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Savin (eight years). The charges against them ranged from insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and inciting hatred to participating in protests and illegal actions with firearms.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, Belarusian PEN, the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House aligned themselves with 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 22, BPN. Human rights defenders have added eight more people to the political prisoners&#8217; list, taking their total to 1,443, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. New additions include Artur Piad\u017ako, currently behind bars for sharing information with opposition Telegram channels, Rus\u0142an Sinkievi\u010d (four years in prison on charges of extremism and participating in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45026","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 add eight to political prisoners\u2019 list | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 22, BPN. 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