{"id":47519,"date":"2023-07-04T19:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T16:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/human-rights-defenders-declare-nine-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"human-rights-defenders-declare-nine-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47519\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights defenders declare nine political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>July 4, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian human rights groups have declared nine people political prisoners, saying that authorities interpreted their right to freedom of expression as defamation and desecration of state symbols.<\/p>\n<p> The Viasna Human Rights Center, Lawtrend and other organizations called on the authorities to release these and other opponents&nbsp;and to stop reprisals against Belarusians.<\/p>\n<p> Viasna has identified 1,500 political prisoners, including the new additions.<\/p>\n<p> The nine designations are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vadzim Hovin<\/li>\n<li>\n\tJuryj Pa\u016dlu\u010dyk<\/li>\n<li>\n\tJa\u016dhien Ku\u0161nara\u016d<\/li>\n<li>\n\tAleh Jahoranka\u016d<\/li>\n<li>\n\tPavie\u0142 Jan\u010duk<\/li>\n<li>\n\tAlaksandr Chom\u010danka<\/li>\n<li>\n\tKanstancin Stupnika\u016d<\/li>\n<li>\n\tVolha Macko<\/li>\n<li>\n\tSiarhiej \u0141ufierenka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 4, BPN. Belarusian human rights groups have declared nine people political prisoners, saying that authorities interpreted their right to freedom of expression as defamation and desecration of state symbols. The Viasna Human Rights Center, Lawtrend and other organizations called on the authorities to release these and other opponents&nbsp;and to stop reprisals against Belarusians. Viasna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47519","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 nine political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 4, BPN. 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