{"id":98042,"date":"2024-07-29T20:22:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98042\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"viasna-political-prisoners-forced-to-petition-for-pardon-punished-for-refusal","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98042\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna: political prisoners forced to petition for pardon, punished for refusal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 29, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Minsk prosecutors visit Navapo\u0142ack’s Penal Colony No 1 on a daily basis to force political prisoners to petition for pardon, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It noted that the prosecutors approach only those sentenced to short terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some colonies, political prisoners are placed in punishment cells for refusing to sign the petitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some are threatened with criminal charges for allegedly disobeying colony administration, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the Dissidentby human rights group reported “the mass collection of petitions for pardon from political prisoners in colonies, prisons and open-type correctional institutions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early July, human rights activists reported the release of 18 political prisoners, including Ryhor Kastusio\u016d, the Belarusian Popular Front leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, the activists reported the release of Darja \u0141osik, Tamara Astreika, \u015aviat\u0142ana \u0141upa\u010d, Kaciaryna Madziankova and Palina Pa\u0142avinka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The human rights community currently recognizes 1,378 people as Belarus\u2019 political prisoners, but the actual number of oppressed people is significantly higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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