{"id":178407,"date":"2026-03-06T19:26:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178407\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polack-based-opposition-activists-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178407\/","title":{"rendered":"Po\u0142ack-based opposition activists sentenced to two years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A judge in Belarus has sentenced Cina Pa\u0142ynskaja, a Po\u0142ack-based opposition activist, and her daughter Marharyta Rabinovi\u010d to two years in prison for alleged association with an extremist group, the Viasna Human Rights Center Reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both convicted women, arrested in May 2025, were also ordered to pay fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders designated them as political prisoners in June 2025.<\/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\"> \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\">Reprisals: dissident woman on non-custodial sentence dies<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 5, Pozirk. 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