{"id":47105,"date":"2023-06-02T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T11:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/rights-groups-designate-23-as-political-prisoners-total-hits-new-high\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"rights-groups-designate-23-as-political-prisoners-total-hits-new-high","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47105\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups designate 23 as political prisoners, total hits new high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 2, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Belarusian human rights groups have labeled 23 people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,513, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The most common charges against them include insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka or public officials: Juryj Kra\u016d\u010danka, Alaksandr Zano\u016dski, Alaksandr Zachara\u016d and Sciapan Jaku\u0107 (given 18 months in prison each), Julija Ka\u015bciu\u010denka and Aksana Jurjeva (one year each), Dzianis Pyrch (two years) as well as D\u017amitryj Pankievi\u010d and Hienad\u017a Borys (three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility) and Aleh Labicha\u016d (two years).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Aleh Bo\u0142ata\u016d, Jelisiej Ku\u017aniaco\u016d, Ja\u016dhien Cichana\u016d and Zachar Siniako\u016d remain in custody on similar charges while Raman Samojlenka is serving a restricted freedom term.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Police charged Barys Ku\u010dynsky (two years in prison) with insulting public officials and illegal handling of personal data; Michai\u0142 Marmy\u0161 (two and a half years) and Aleh S\u0142y\u0161 (two years), in connection with online comments on the 2021 shootout involving an IT engineer and KGB officers, known as the &#8220;Zielcer case.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Valeryj Viskirski was given five years in prison for participating in protests, abusing state symbols and insulting officials. Volha Ivan\u010danka (two years), Dzianis Dzemidovi\u010d and Ihar Chartanovi\u010d (three years each) faced charges of slandering and insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights defenders also added Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d \u010cu\u0142ko\u016d sentenced to forced treatment in a psychiatric hospital for insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Viasna, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Human Constanta, Belarusian PEN, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Lawtrend, the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House signed the statement, demanding that all political prisoners be freed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 2, BPN. Belarusian human rights groups have labeled 23 people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,513, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. The most common charges against them include insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka or public officials: Juryj Kra\u016d\u010danka, Alaksandr Zano\u016dski, Alaksandr Zachara\u016d and Sciapan Jaku\u0107 (given 18 months in prison each), Julija Ka\u015bciu\u010denka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47105","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>Rights groups designate 23 as political prisoners, total hits new high | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 2, BPN. 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