{"id":182505,"date":"2026-04-06T21:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182505\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:25:16","slug":"political-persecution-continued-unabated-in-march-viasna","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182505\/","title":{"rendered":"Political persecution continued unabated in March \u2013 Viasna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 6, Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. In its March report, the Viasna Human Rights Center says the Belarusian government continued its relentless persecution of dissidents, opposition figures, protest participants, journalists and human rights activists, maintaining at least the same intensity as over the previous four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Viasna, the authorities expanded the list of alleged extremist organizations and media content, thereby increasing the potential pool of future political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All opposition political parties, media outlets and human rights organizations have been outlawed and have no prospect of resuming operations in Belarus in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruling regime continues to carry out deportations and engage in transnational political persecution. It has also removed constitutional guarantees of Belarus\u2019s nuclear-free and neutral status and remains involved in Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. Complaints of mistreatment and torture of detainees continue to go uninvestigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By late March, there were 911 political prisoners in detention, including 118 women. The total fell below 1,000 for the first time in more than four years after the government released 250 prisoners as part of a deal with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, at least 4,570 people have been deprived of their freedom for political reasons since May 2020, the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March alone, Viasna identified 46 new political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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