{"id":77312,"date":"2024-04-03T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/77312\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"rfe-rl-launches-podcast-series-about-lukasenkas-prison-system","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/77312\/","title":{"rendered":"RFE\/RL launches podcast series about \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s prison system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/belag_RS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/belag_RS.jpg 862w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/belag_RS-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/belag_RS-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/belag_RS-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/belag_RS-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 3, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em>, <em>RFE\/RL<\/em> Belarus Service, has announced the release of a podcast series The BELAG Archipelago, dedicated to the punitive system set up by Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials to persecute political opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Named in an apparent reference to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago, the seven-episode series will focus on the structure of the Belarusian penal institutions and officials who give orders to torture political prisoners and let them die behind bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series will feature stories by people who suffered from politically-motivated persecution in Belarus, former law enforcers, human rights defenders and Nobel Prize winner \u015aviat\u0142ana Aleksijevi\u010d, <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first episode about arrests, police violence and torture at the Akre\u015bcina pre-trial detention center in Minsk is already available on YouTube and major podcast platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ivashyn-viasna-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ivashyn-viasna-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ivashyn-viasna-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ivashyn-viasna-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ivashyn-viasna-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ivashyn-viasna-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Imprisoned reporter sees mother for the first time in 15 months<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 2, Pozirk. 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