{"id":54334,"date":"2023-12-08T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54334"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"human-rights-groups-designate-11-more-people-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54334\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights groups designate 11 more people as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(unsplash.com \/ Ye Jinghan)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian human rights organizations have designated 11 more people as political prisoners, according to a joint statement on the website of the Viasna Human Rights Center.<br><br>They granted this status to U\u0142adzimir Ramano\u016dski (two years in prison), D\u017amitryj Pa\u0161yn (two years), Vadzim Husie\u016d (15 months), Valeryj Tacyn (one year) and Ihar Niemirovi\u010d (one year), convicted of insulting the head of state.<br><br>Also recognized as political prisoners were Alaksandar Kandra\u0107je\u016d (one year for insulting state symbols), Alaksandar \u015amirno\u016d (1.5 years for insulting state symbols and hooliganism), Aleh Kiekuch (three years for insulting a state servant) and Kaciaryna D\u017eyh (libeling the head of state and calling for sanctions; the sentence is unknown).<br><br>The same status was granted to Ja\u016dhien \u0160uluk (2.5 years in an open prison for libeling the head of state) and Natalla Marku\u0161enka (in custody on suspicion of inciting hatred).<br><br>Besides Viasna, the statement was signed by Lawtrend, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups demanded that the authorities immediately release all political prisoners and stop reprisals.<br><br>As of this evening, human rights activists have identified at least 1,484 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 8, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights organizations have designated 11 more people as political prisoners, according to a joint statement on the website of the Viasna Human Rights Center. 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