{"id":89256,"date":"2024-06-06T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89256\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"nine-protesters-declared-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89256\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine protesters declared political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 6, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights groups have branded nine more people as political prisoners, bringing the total to 1,400, the Viasna center reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new designations include Belarusians imprisoned in June: D\u017amitryj Filipovi\u010d (two years and six months); Alaksandar \u0141a\u016dru\u0161\u010dyk, Kanstancin Kalaha, Eryk Ka\u0142aso\u016dski (two years each); Ivan Packo, Ivan Dryk, Pavie\u0142 Sierhijenia and Arciom \u0141api\u010d (18 months each).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eight were defendants in a violent disorder case connected with post-election protests in Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uzbek national Viktor Novikov was also designated as a political prisoner. In June 2022, a Minsk court sentenced him to three years after finding him guilty of violent disorder. Earlier, human rights defenders granted this status to his wife, Olga Novikova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The human rights groups demanded the immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to political reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Rights group records 161 political trials in May<\/h3>\n
June 5, Pozirk. At least 111 men and 50 women were convicted in the ongoing political crackdown in May, taking the total of criminal cases to 5,133, says a recent report by the Viasna Human Rights Center. Over the past …<\/div>\n \n