{"id":86519,"date":"2024-05-22T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86519\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"ep-president-urges-minsk-to-stop-persecution-of-sarenda-panasiuk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86519\/","title":{"rendered":"EP President urges Minsk to stop persecution of \u0160arenda-Panasiuk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 22, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has urged<\/a> Minsk to immediately release opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk and all other Belarusians imprisoned on politically-motivated charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk’s place is not in a Belarusian prison but free and reunited with her family,” the politician said on X on May 21, the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, when authorities filed new charges against the activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0160arenda-Panasiuk was due to be released on Tuesday, but instead was accused of disobeying prison authorities for the third consecutive time. She had already served two years on similar charges, in addition to the original two-year term for alleged violence against a police officer and insulting officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her exiled husband Andrej \u0160arenda described new charges as “abuse, torture and slow murder.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late March, a state-run TV channel reported that \u0160arenda-Panasiuk appealed to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her husband made it clear that the move was prompted by ill-treatment: the activist spent a long time in punishment cells and was deprived of food and medicine parcels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk ignored an appeal from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to take urgent measures to protect \u0160arenda-Panasiuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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End torture in prisons, Viasna calls<\/h3>\n
May 21, Pozirk. The Viasna Human Rights Center has called for an end to torture disguised as disciplinary punishment in prisons and penal colonies. "The end of torture, intimidation and reprisals, as well as the release of political prisoners" are …<\/div>\n \n