On September 10, human rights defenders recognized another 14 people as political prisoners. The total number of people currently recognized as political prisoners in Belarus stands at 902.
The following names have been added to the list of political prisoners:
Anton Barysenka, Daniil Bykau, Siarhei Valadzko, Tatsiana Vetiyorets, Siarhei Vysotski, Maksim Dziemchuk, Iryna Druchynina, Hleb Hancharou, Uladzimir Karcheuny, Arystarkh Krukouski, Dzmitry Layeuski, Heorhiy Maksimenkau, Maksim Khviasko and Dzmitry Yuran.
Who these people are and why human rights defenders consider their cases politically motivated, you can find out here.
The list of all political prisoners in Belarus — here.
In total, at this moment, according to human rights defenders, 902 people are recognized as political prisoners. Recently, their total number has not significantly grown and even decreases, sometimes noticeably. However, this is not because repression in Belarus is decreasing — it is simply that alongside new cases of imprisonment in criminal proceedings, there is a process of releasing those convicted who have fully served their sentences. Some are also released on pardons, including through US mediation, although new prisoners are constantly being taken in their place. Also, courts sentence some to "restricted freedom" (a form of house arrest or correctional labor without imprisonment), after which the person leaves prison walls and is therefore no longer considered a prisoner.
It should also be noted that the statistics do not include all those imprisoned for political reasons; the real number of Belarusian political prisoners is higher. Human rights defenders simply have no information about some.
Two sons taken from a Belarusian woman in Italy — because she did not recognize the state and did not send her children to school or to the doctor 1919
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