{"id":99468,"date":"2024-08-07T13:40:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99468\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-groups-label-10-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99468\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups label 10 as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 7, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian human rights groups have labeled Ivan Amrej\u010dyk, Vasil Niparka, Alaksiej Samajluk, Anatol Zakurka, Ihar Sarokin, Siarhiej Dziemidziuk, Alaksandar Parchomienka, Ihar Tarasa\u016d, Andrej Velikasielec and Stanis\u0142a\u016d \u010cmycha\u016d as political prisoners, their joint statement says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six of them – Amrej\u010dyk, Niparka, Samajluk, Zakurka, Sarokin and Dziemidziuk – are persecuted for participating in a protest rally in Brest four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Viasna Human Rights Center, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Belarusian PEN, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and Lawtrend aligned themselves with the 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

As of August 7, human rights defenders identified at least 1,397 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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