{"id":94190,"date":"2024-07-05T21:58:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T18:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94190\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"rights-groups-have-named-3330-political-prisoners-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94190\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups have registered 3,330 political prisoners since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Marco Chilese \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The total number of political prisoners has risen to 3,330 (including 595 women) since the start of the 2020 presidential campaign, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spring96.org\/be\/news\/115683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">new report<\/a> on the human rights situation in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization said that at least 222 trials and arrests related to criminal or administrative charges were registered in June, including at least 220 politically-motivated cases under the Administrative Offenses Code with 135 people accused of disseminating extremist content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists identified eight political prisoners who have been held incommunicado for long periods. They are: Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk, Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, Viktar Babaryka, U\u0142adzimir Hundar, Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, Maksim Znak and Ihar \u0141osik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities continue to develop and intensify all kinds of repressive practices to persecute people for expressing a critical opinion under the pretext of fighting extremism and terrorism, Viasna said.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Washington calls for release of all political prisoners in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 4, Pozirk. The United States welcomes the release of &quot;Belarus\u2019 most vulnerable political prisoners,&quot; Christopher Smith, deputy assistant secretary for Eastern Europe at the US Department of State, has said on X. &quot;More than 1,400 political prisoners remain unjustly &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/93936\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 5, Pozirk. The total number of political prisoners has risen to 3,330 (including 595 women) since the start of the 2020 presidential campaign, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center&#8217;s new report on the human rights situation in Belarus. 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