{"id":61237,"date":"2024-01-16T13:39:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=61237"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"more-than-4200-people-convicted-in-politically-motivated-cases-since-2020-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/61237\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 4,200 people convicted in politically motivated cases since 2020 \u2013 rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  \n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 16, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Since May 2020, Belarusian judges have convicted at least 4,248 people in politically-motivated criminal cases, including 910 women, says recent report by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 1,603 people were convicted in 2023, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 1, human rights defenders considered 1,452 people political prisoners, 168 women among them. At least 1,413 people, including 339 women, had already served sentences by that date on charges widely seen as politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities continue persecuting opponents for participating in protests in 2020 and 2021 and sharing opposition content, yet the number of extremism-related charges rose significantly, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Political prisoners are ill-treated, often not allowed to see lawyers and family members or receive parcels, including medications, according to Viasna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prison authorities arbitrarily restrict their correspondence and subject them to forced low-paid labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, prominent opposition activists were held incommunicado and faced complete isolation behind bars, the report noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 16, Pozirk. Since May 2020, Belarusian judges have convicted at least 4,248 people in politically-motivated criminal cases, including 910 women, says recent report by the Viasna Human Rights Center. A total of 1,603 people were convicted in 2023, it noted. On January 1, human rights defenders considered 1,452 people political prisoners, 168 women among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":60449,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-61237","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More than 4,200 people convicted in politically motivated cases since 2020 \u2013 rights group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 16, Pozirk. 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