{"id":194148,"date":"2026-07-01T13:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194148\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:49:00","slug":"lukasenka-pardons-32-including-28-convicted-of-extremism","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194148\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka pardons 32, including 28 convicted of extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksanadr \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict pardoning 32 people, including 28 convicted on extremism-related charges that authorities routinely use to persecute regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pardons, issued ahead of Independence Day on July 3, reflect what his press office described as a \u201cprinciple of humanism\u201d toward the individuals and their families. Those pardoned include 20 women and 12 men.<\/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\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05.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\">Pa\u010dobut says he was pardoned without seeking clemency<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 13, Pozirk. Journalist and Polish minority activist Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Pochobut), who was released on April 28, has told Polish RMF that he had been formally pardoned despite never submitting a request for clemency. Unlike most former released dissidents &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187321\">\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>July 1, Pozirk. Alaksanadr \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict pardoning 32 people, including 28 convicted on extremism-related charges that authorities routinely use to persecute regime critics. The pardons, issued ahead of Independence Day on July 3, reflect what his press office described as a \u201cprinciple of humanism\u201d toward the individuals and their families. 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