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Alaksandr Dziuba got 18 months, Alaksandr Tu\u010dko\u016d two years, and Ivan Miluko\u016d two-and-a-half years in prison for supposedly insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka and a state servant. <\/p>\n<p> The human rights community demands the immediate release of these and all other political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was signed by the Viasna Human Rights Center, Lawtrend, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), Belarusian Helsinki Committee, and Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, BPN. Belarusian human rights activists declared 11 more people political prisoners in a joint statement published on April 21. A total of 1,500 people have been labeled as such to date. 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