{"id":189699,"date":"2026-05-28T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189699\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:00:06","slug":"rights-groups-identify-16-new-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189699\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups identify 16 new political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-e1700140578746.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 28, Pozirk. <\/strong>Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 16 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 854, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions include people persecuted for alleged links with blacklisted opposition initiatives and exercising their freedom of expression. They are Jahor Bu\u017ey\u0142a\u016d, Alaksandar Barana\u016d, Alaksandar Karnieje\u016d, Maksim Vajciachovi\u010d, Alaksandar Milkamanovi\u010d, Hleb Hierasimovi\u010d, D\u017amitryj \u0141uhovi\u010d, Andrej Spasa\u016d, Illa Karpa\u016d, Pavie\u0142 Kabierda, U\u0142adzimir Padabied, Alaksandar Famin, Vital Ha\u0142ubo\u016dski, Viktar Keler, U\u0142adzimir Stry\u017ey\u010d and U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Krasko\u016dski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, Belarusian PEN and Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House signed the declaration, demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners and the end of reprisals.<\/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\">Belarusian exiles face criminal charges, family harassment, property seizures<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 27, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 26, as law enforcers searched the homes of two exiled people from \u015amilavi\u010dy in the Minsk district. One of them faces charges of facilitating extremist activities &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/189392\">\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>May 28, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 16 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 854, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website. The additions include people persecuted for alleged links with blacklisted opposition initiatives and exercising their freedom of expression. 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