{"id":154282,"date":"2025-09-08T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154282\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"another-jailed-dissident-dies-behind-bars-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154282\/","title":{"rendered":"Another jailed dissident dies behind bars in Belarus"},"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\/2025\/09\/padniabenny_vesna_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/padniabenny_vesna_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/padniabenny_vesna_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/padniabenny_vesna_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/padniabenny_vesna_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/padniabenny_vesna_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Russian national Andrei Podnebenny, 36, died five days ago in Mahilo\u016d&#8217;s Prison No 15, his mother Valentina Podnebennaya said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Podnebenny resided in Belarus since the age of six, said the Viasna human Rights Center, describing his persecution as politically-motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four years ago, judge Anatol Sotnika\u016d sentenced him to 15 years in prison on extremism- and terrorism-related charges for allegedly setting fire to the car of a senior police official, puncturing the tires of 39 trolleybuses and running an opposition Telegram channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities also accused him of setting fire to a crane at a construction site in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2023, Judge Rus\u0142an Caruk of the Homiel Regional Court added 20 months to Podnebenny&#8217;s original sentence, accusing him of facilitating extremism, inciting hatred, insulting Alaksandar \u0141ukasenka and his officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Podnebenny, several other designated political prisoners died in recent years behind bars, including Vitold A\u0161urak, Mika\u0142aj Klimovi\u010d, Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin, Vadzim Chra\u015bko, Ihar Lednik, Alaksandar Kulini\u010d and Dmitry Shletgauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valancin \u0160termier\u2019s death was reported earlier this year. It remained unclear whether \u0160termier died in the penal colony or was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 8, human rights defenders identified at least 1,196 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because of many undocumented cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">New Viasna report says number of political prisoners critical<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 6, Pozirk. Belarusian activists identified 37 political prisoners in August, the Viasna center has said in a monthly human rights report. At the end of the month, there were 1,187 political prisoners, including 180 women. After May 2020, the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154133\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 8, Pozirk. Russian national Andrei Podnebenny, 36, died five days ago in Mahilo\u016d&#8217;s Prison No 15, his mother Valentina Podnebennaya said on Facebook. Podnebenny resided in Belarus since the age of six, said the Viasna human Rights Center, describing his persecution as politically-motivated. Four years ago, judge Anatol Sotnika\u016d sentenced him to 15 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":154269,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-154282","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Another jailed dissident dies behind bars in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 8, Pozirk. 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