June 19, Pozirk. At least 159 individuals have already been convicted in Belarus over money donations for causes designated by authorities as \u201cextremist\u201d and \u201cterrorist,\u201d according to the Viasna Human Rights Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the convicts are 26 IT workers and 33 women, with nine of them behind bars at present, the group said. Forty-six political prisoners convicted for donations have been pardoned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forty-four people have reportedly been convicted for donations in support of Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hundreds of people have been coerced into paying many times the total of their donations to escape criminal prosecution, the group said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five people have been sentenced to nine years in prison for donations, and one person, Mika\u0142aj Vasilevi\u010d, is serving a record nine and a half years in prison. Vasilevi\u010d reportedly made at least 54 donations to solidarity funds in two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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June 19, Pozirk. At least 159 individuals have already been convicted in Belarus over money donations for causes designated by authorities as \u201cextremist\u201d and \u201cterrorist,\u201d according to the Viasna Human Rights Center. Among the convicts are 26 IT workers and 33 women, with nine of them behind bars at present, the group said. Forty-six political […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":49661,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-192542","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n