{"id":94393,"date":"2024-07-08T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T09:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94393\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"some-prisoners-refused-to-accept-lukasenka-pardon-viasna","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94393\/","title":{"rendered":"Some prisoners refused to accept \u0141uka\u0161enka pardon &#8211; Viasna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by.jpg 745w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-352x236.jpg 352w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-730x490.jpg 730w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(advokatos.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Some of the political prisoners offered release on July 3 refused to accept Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s pardon, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other prisoners \u201cwere offered to be released instead of these people,&#8221; it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added that authorities rushed the release and did not even give some prisoners time to pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Viasna, 18 political prisoners were released on July 3, including Ryhor Kastusio\u016d, the Belarusian Popular Front leader who suffers from cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The names of the others are being withheld by human rights groups for safety reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka announced the release of his seriously ill opponents on July 2.<\/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\/07\/pogodaeva_facebook-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pogodaeva_facebook-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pogodaeva_facebook-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pogodaeva_facebook-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pogodaeva_facebook-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pogodaeva_facebook.jpg 1350w\" 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\">Activists tried, sentenced to prison for cash transfers to political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 8, Pozirk. The Brest Regional Court has sentenced Iryna Pahadajeva to three years in prison after finding her guilty of facilitating extremism by sending cash to political prisoners, BG.media reported. Pahadajeva made 32 money transfers to political prisoners, the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/94380\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, Pozirk. Some of the political prisoners offered release on July 3 refused to accept Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s pardon, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Other prisoners \u201cwere offered to be released instead of these people,&#8221; it noted. It added that authorities rushed the release and did not even give some prisoners time to pack. 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