{"id":202611,"date":"2026-09-06T18:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202611\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:23:15","slug":"viasna-expresses-concern-about-health-of-185-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202611\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasna expresses concern about health of 185 political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September<\/strong> 6,<\/strong> Pozirk<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/em> The Viasna Human Rights Center has reiterated its concern about the health of at least 185 political prisoners in its monthly report for August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report names some of the most vulnerable prisoners, including prominent activists such as \u017danna Avram\u010dyk, Maksim \u0160ukana\u016d, Vac\u0142a\u016d Are\u0161ka, U\u0142adzimir Hundar, Dzianis Salmanovi\u010d and Sciapan \u0141atypa\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Ja\u016dhien H\u0142u\u0161ko\u016d was hospitalized with ulcer on his release last month from the penal colony in Babrujsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus held 899 people on political grounds in prisons in late August, including 124 women, according to Viasna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U\u0142adzimir Kniha, serving a six-year sentence since September 2023, and Ivan Viarbicki, service a 10-year sentence since August 2023, have been held incommunicado for three years, the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It describes the human rights situation as critical, citing relentless repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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