{"id":47726,"date":"2023-07-24T15:44:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/rights-groups-label-11-as-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"rights-groups-label-11-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47726\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups label 11 as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>July 24, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Belarusian human rights defenders have labeled 11 more people as political prisoners taking their total to 1,484, says a joint statement published by the Viasna Human Rights Center.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The additions include Kiryl Klima\u016d, Ihar Saciuk, Vital Jurenia, Alaksandar Chmyl and Pavie\u0142 Charytona\u016d sentenced to various prison terms for donations to opposition initiatives as well as Volha Rybina, Alaksandar Fika\u016d and D\u017amitryj Sieladco\u016d arrested on similar charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The list also features Vasil Jakima\u016d convicted of alleged intention to join the Ukrainian army, Maksim Drabnica serving an eight-year prison term after being convicted of extremism and Mikita Bruj, a legal minor, given three years in a juvenile detention center for posts in an opposition Telegram chat.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Viasna, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), Belarusian PEN, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities signed the statement, demanding that all political prisoners be freed and harassment of regime opponents be stopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 24, BPN. Belarusian human rights defenders have labeled 11 more people as political prisoners taking their total to 1,484, says a joint statement published by the Viasna Human Rights Center. The additions include Kiryl Klima\u016d, Ihar Saciuk, Vital Jurenia, Alaksandar Chmyl and Pavie\u0142 Charytona\u016d sentenced to various prison terms for donations to opposition initiatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47726","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 label 11 as political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 24, BPN. 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