{"id":70252,"date":"2024-02-28T21:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70252\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"photographer-vasiukovic-declared-former-political-prisoner-among-23-people","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70252\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer Vasiukovi\u010d declared former political prisoner among 23 people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 28, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights defenders have recognized 23 people, who were not considered political prisoners when serving their sentences, as former political prisoners, according to the Viasna center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are: D\u017amitryj Karpa\u016d, Usieva\u0142ad \u017dura\u016dlo\u016d, Volha Ta\u010donaja, Maryna \u0160antyr, Mika\u0142aj David\u010dyk, Varvara Miad\u017aviedzieva, Ina \u0160la\u017eko, Mika\u0142aj \u0160la\u017eko, Hanna \u0160eina, \u015ania\u017eana Marozava, Raman Kurjanovi\u010d, Maksim Bu\u0161\u010dyk, Hanna \u010carkas, Alaksandra \u0160yd\u0142o\u016dskaja, Mikita Novik, Mikita Ma\u0161uta, Ivan Stankievi\u010d, Vital Pupin, U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d \u0141ahojka, Vital Palako\u016d, Alaksiej Dmucho\u016dski, and Siarhiej Hu\u010dok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activists also listed photojournalist Alaksandar Vasiukovi\u010d, who was sentenced in January to a restricted freedom term, a type of home confinement, for allegedly disturbing public order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a joint statement, the human rights defenders demanded that they should be retried, their convictions overturned, and they should be compensated for any damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement was signed by Viasna, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Human Constanta, Lawtrend, and Belarusian PEN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The human rights community started granting the former political prisoner status in the fall. It gave it to 150 people in September, 39 in October, and 23 in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 1,403 designated political prisoners are currently behind bars, but the actual number of repression victims is estimated to be much higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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