{"id":193027,"date":"2026-06-23T17:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193027\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T17:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:40:20","slug":"eleven-more-political-prisoners-identified","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193027\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven more political prisoners identified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 11 more individuals to be political prisoners, taking their total to 852, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions are Pavie\u0142 Stanis\u0142a\u016d\u010dyk, Vadzim Da\u016dhu\u010dyc, Marat Bu\u0161enka, D\u017amitryj Levy, Alaksandr Karnacki, Darja Kalinavaja, Radzivon Kurcara\u016d, Pavie\u0142 \u010carniak, Alaksandr Van\u010danka, Alaksandr Kavalenka and Alaksandr Katlanik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of them were convicted of \u201cfacilitating extremism\u201d under Part Four of the Criminal Code\u2019s Article 361. This charge is widely used to persecute Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s opponents over alleged links to blacklisted opposition initiatives or organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viasna Human Rights Center, Belarusian PEN, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, Belarusian Helsinki Committee, and Lawtrend signed the declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights defenders demanded 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\/10\/delo_genprokuratura-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/delo_genprokuratura-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/delo_genprokuratura-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/delo_genprokuratura-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/delo_genprokuratura-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/delo_genprokuratura.jpg 795w\" 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\">KGB adds\u00a021\u00a0to list of \u201cterrorists\u201d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 22,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Committee for State Security (KGB)&nbsp;on June 22&nbsp;added 21 individuals to its&nbsp;list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities.\u201d The new additions include, among others:&nbsp; Alaksandr Lubian\u010duk, a journalist who was released last month after serving a year in prison &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/192921\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 23, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 11 more individuals to be political prisoners, taking their total to 852, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website. The additions are Pavie\u0142 Stanis\u0142a\u016d\u010dyk, Vadzim Da\u016dhu\u010dyc, Marat Bu\u0161enka, D\u017amitryj Levy, Alaksandr Karnacki, Darja Kalinavaja, Radzivon Kurcara\u016d, Pavie\u0142 \u010carniak, Alaksandr Van\u010danka, Alaksandr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":49661,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-193027","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eleven more political prisoners identified | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 23, Pozirk. 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