{"id":93886,"date":"2024-07-04T12:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T09:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93886\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"seven-political-prisoners-released-on-wednesday-rights-groups","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93886\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven political prisoners released on Wednesday \u2013 rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 4, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Human rights defenders know of at least seven political prisoners, two women and five men, who were released yesterday, following Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s announcement on July 2, the Viasna Human Rights Center has said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the released is Ryhor Kastusio\u016d, the leader of the outlawed Belarusian Popular Front (BPF), who was diagnosed with cancer in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rights defenders do not disclose the names of the others to ensure their safety, Viasna noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Belarusian human rights groups declared eight more people as political prisoners on Wednesday. They are persecuted on extremism-related charges routinely used by the Belarusian authorities to harass opponents.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of July 4, human rights defenders identified at least 1,408 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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