{"id":203175,"date":"2026-09-10T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/203175\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T18:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:20:35","slug":"rights-groups-name-14-new-political-prisoners-total-exceeds-900","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/203175\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups name 14 new political prisoners, total exceeds 900"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 14 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 902, says a joint statement by the rights groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent additions include Siarhiej Valod\u017aka, Iryna Dru\u010dynina, U\u0142adzimir Kar\u010de\u016dny, Arystarch Kruko\u016dski, lawyer D\u017amitryj \u0141aje\u016dski, Hieorhij Maksimienka\u016d and D\u017amitryj Juran, who or exercise their freedom of expression and were persecuted on defamation charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are Danii\u0142 Byka\u016d and Maksim Dziam\u010duk who faced protest-related charges. The remaining five persons \u2013 Anton Barysienka, Ta\u0107ciana Vieciorac, Siarhiej Vysocki, Hleb Han\u010daro\u016d and Maksim Chvie\u015bka \u2013 are imprisoned 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 and the Belarusian Association of Journalists signed the declaration, demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners, decriminalization of defamation charges 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\/2026\/09\/laevskiy_tut_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/laevskiy_tut_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/laevskiy_tut_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/laevskiy_tut_by.jpg 547w\" 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\">Lawyer D\u017amitryj \u0141aje\u016dski sentenced to three years in prison on extremism charges<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 10, Pozirk. A judge of the Minsk City Court on September 9 sentenced prominent lawyer D\u017amitryj \u0141aje\u016dski to three years in prison, finding him guilty of facilitating extremism and discrediting Belarus over his interviews with independent media outlets. \u0141aje\u016dski &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/203095\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 10, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 14 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 902, says a joint statement by the rights groups. The recent additions include Siarhiej Valod\u017aka, Iryna Dru\u010dynina, U\u0142adzimir Kar\u010de\u016dny, Arystarch Kruko\u016dski, lawyer D\u017amitryj \u0141aje\u016dski, Hieorhij Maksimienka\u016d and D\u017amitryj Juran, who or exercise their freedom of expression [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":58226,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-203175","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 14 new political prisoners, total exceeds 900 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 10, Pozirk. 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