{"id":175289,"date":"2026-02-12T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175289\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"courts-convict-over-28000-acquit-36-in-2025-criminal-cases","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175289\/","title":{"rendered":"Courts convict over 28,000, acquit 36 in 2025 criminal cases"},"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\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarus&#8217; acquittal rate in criminal proceedings dropped to 0.13 percent last year from 0.19 percent recorded in 2024, according to the Supreme Court\u2019s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courts convicted 28,177 people and acquitted 36 people in 2025, down from 31,410 and 60, respectively, in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of these, Belarusian judges sentenced 6,063 people to prison terms, down from 7,445 in 2024. Some 2,086 received restricted freedom sentences on open-type correctional facilities (1,677 in 2024), while 6,496 were sentenced to restricted freedom in home confinement (6,720 in 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, two people received life sentences, while no death sentences were imposed.<\/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\"> 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\">Reprisals target over 9,360 people in criminal cases since 2020<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 10, Pozirk. At least 9,363 people have faced politically-motivated criminal prosecution since May 2020, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center. Rights groups say the reprisals are ongoing, with recent cases involving extremism charges and terrorist designations against opponents &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/174935\">\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>February 12, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; acquittal rate in criminal proceedings dropped to 0.13 percent last year from 0.19 percent recorded in 2024, according to the Supreme Court\u2019s data. Courts convicted 28,177 people and acquitted 36 people in 2025, down from 31,410 and 60, respectively, in 2024. Of these, Belarusian judges sentenced 6,063 people to prison terms, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60593,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-175289","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Courts convict over 28,000, acquit 36 in 2025 criminal cases | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 12, Pozirk. 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