{"id":47308,"date":"2023-06-19T12:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/rights-groups-designate-nine-as-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"rights-groups-designate-nine-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47308\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups designate nine as political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 19, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Belarusian human rights groups have labeled nine people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,497, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t One of them is U\u0142adzimir Kazieka, a man who has served several jail terms since May 9 for sharing opposition content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities often impose several consecutive jail terms to keep up pressure on activists, Viasna and several other rights groups&nbsp;stressed in a statement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Other additions include Vital Skudarna\u016d (prison term unknown), Alaksandr Kandraciuk (three and a half years in prison), Jaras\u0142a\u016d Sakovi\u010d, U\u0142adzimir Hiemza, D\u017amitryj Baha\u010denka and Alaksiej \u0160ahaje\u016d (two years each), Hanna Karniejenka (five years).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The charges against them range from abusing state symbols and insulting Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and public officials to inciting hatred and facilitating extremism.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t D\u017amitryj Zaha\u0142aviec, held in custody on charges of insulting officials and inciting hatred, was also included in the list.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Viasna, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, the Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities signed the statement, demanding an end to politically-motivated persecution and the release of all political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 19, BPN. Belarusian human rights groups have labeled nine people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,497, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. One of them is U\u0142adzimir Kazieka, a man who has served several jail terms since May 9 for sharing opposition content. Authorities often impose several consecutive jail terms to keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47308","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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 designate nine as political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 19, BPN. 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