{"id":91742,"date":"2024-06-20T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T09:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91742\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"thirteen-belarusians-two-foreigners-declared-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91742\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen Belarusians, two foreigners declared political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Viasna Human Rights Center)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

June 20, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian human rights groups declared 15 more people political prisoners, says a joint statement released by the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the new additions are foreigners convicted of espionage. Polish national Tomasz Bieroza had been given a prison term in a closed-door trial. Elena Ramanauskien\u0117, former marketing head at the Belorus health resort in Lithuania\u2019s Druskininkai who has Belarusian and Lithuanian citizenship, is serving a six-year prison term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten Belarusians are serving prison terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksiej Navahrodski and Andrej Kobiel were convicted of high treason<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ja\u016dhien Hurynovi\u010d, of inciting hatred, facilitating extremism for alleged association with opposition groups; and illegal actions with personal data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dzianis \u017dalezka, of nine crimes from inciting hatred to violent disorder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ja\u016dhien Blachinski, of participating in 2020 postelection protests, inciting hatred and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anatol Kirej\u010dyk, of alleged slander, insulting officials and judges and illegal actions with firearms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artur Radzivanovi\u010d, of planning a crime and participating in an armed conflict abroad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrej \u0160u\u0142hana\u016d, of inciting hatred and insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jahor Ibrahima\u016d, of participating in protests and threatening violence to police<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u017amitryj Ku\u0161alevi\u010d, threatening violence to officials, slandering and insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eduard Ka\u0161ecian, U\u0142adzimir Alisievi\u010d and Andrej Va\u0142achanovi\u010d are in custody pending trials on charges of inciting hatred, discrediting the state, insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka and rehabilitating Nazism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Belarusian PEN and Pravavaja Inicyjatyva aligned themselves with Viasna’s statement and called for an immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to the politically-motivated crackdown in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 1,411 people are currently serving politically-motivated sentences in Belarus, according to rights activists. Tens of thousands have suffered various forms of reprisals since the disputed presidential election of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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