{"id":201498,"date":"2026-08-27T18:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201498\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:49:42","slug":"rights-groups-name-16-new-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201498\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups name 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>August 27, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 16 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 889, says a joint statement by the rights groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent additions include Raman Basa\u0142aj, Maksim Bialkievi\u010d, Dzianis Ho\u0142ubie\u016d, Viktar Huryn, Vadzim \u017darabi\u0142a\u016d, D\u017amitryj Zamira\u016d, Maksim Kuprej\u010dyk, Viktoryja La\u016dko\u016dskaja, Valeryj Mielnika\u016d, \u0141arysa Novikava, Alena Ar\u0161anskaja, Andrej \u015alesarenka, Hienad\u017a Tarynski, Juryj Filamienka, Palina Frolava and Alaksandar \u010cukovi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were taken into custody or sentenced over alleged links with blacklisted opposition groups or independent media and for exercising their freedom of expression, the activists noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, Lawtrend, Belarusian PEN, Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, Human Constanta and the Belarusian Association of Journalists 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\">KGB expands list of individuals allegedly linked to Pozirk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 27,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0New instances of politically motivated purges were reported in Belarus on August 25 and 26, including the extension of the Committee for State Security (KGB)\u2019s list of individuals allegedly associated with news agency\u00a0Pozirk, which was labelled as an \u201cextremist &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/201428\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 27, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 16 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 889, says a joint statement by the rights groups. The recent additions include Raman Basa\u0142aj, Maksim Bialkievi\u010d, Dzianis Ho\u0142ubie\u016d, Viktar Huryn, Vadzim \u017darabi\u0142a\u016d, D\u017amitryj Zamira\u016d, Maksim Kuprej\u010dyk, Viktoryja La\u016dko\u016dskaja, Valeryj Mielnika\u016d, \u0141arysa Novikava, Alena Ar\u0161anskaja, Andrej [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49661,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-201498","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>Rights groups name 16 new political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 27, Pozirk. 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