{"id":47197,"date":"2023-06-10T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T10:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/rights-groups-designate-15-as-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"rights-groups-designate-15-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47197\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups designate 15 as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 10, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Belarusian human rights groups have labeled 15 people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,495, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Additions include people accused or convicted on charges of gross violations of public order, among them Anastasija Pierjanovi\u010d, Illa Dubak, U\u0142adzimir Hanusievi\u010d, Ja\u016dhien&nbsp;Cichanovi\u010d, Alaksiej Mile\u016dski, Maryja Kaminskaja, Alaksandr Klima\u0161evi\u010d, Andrej Novik, Viktar Horba\u010d, Aleh Zajac (transgender person), D\u017amitryj \u010cury\u0142a, Illa Aki\u0161a\u016d and Aksana \u0141akoza.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Andrej Navasiel\u010dan and Siarhiej Ivanco\u016d, accused of insulting public officials and promoting extremist activities, respectively, in addition to participating in protests, are also listed as political prisoners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights defenders issued a joint statement demanding that all political prisoners and those arrested for peaceful protests in the post-election period be released, and that politically motivated reprisals be stopped.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Viasna, Belarusian PEN, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, and Human Constanta signed the statement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10, BPN. Belarusian human rights groups have labeled 15 people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,495, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. Additions include people accused or convicted on charges of gross violations of public order, among them Anastasija Pierjanovi\u010d, Illa Dubak, U\u0142adzimir Hanusievi\u010d, Ja\u016dhien&nbsp;Cichanovi\u010d, Alaksiej Mile\u016dski, Maryja Kaminskaja, Alaksandr Klima\u0161evi\u010d, Andrej [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47197","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 15 as political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 10, BPN. 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