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25.03.2026 / 18:01

Another 9 people recognized as political prisoners

On March 25, human rights defenders recognized another 9 people as political prisoners. The total number of people currently recognized as political prisoners in Belarus is 898.

The following names were added to the list of political prisoners:

Vital Kaleda, Barys Krytski, Anzhela Aharok, Iryna Yakauleva, Viktoryia Hrynko, Volha Varabyova, Uladzimir Zakharau, Volha Kharlamava, Uladzislau Vakulchyk.

You can find out who these people are and why human rights defenders consider their cases politically motivated here.

The list of all political prisoners in Belarus is here.

In total, according to human rights defenders, 898 people are currently recognized as political prisoners. Recently, their total number has not significantly increased and has even decreased, sometimes substantially. But this is not because repression in Belarus is decreasing — it's simply that, parallel to new cases of imprisonment in criminal cases, there is a process of releasing those convicted who have fully served their terms. Some are also released under pardons, including through US mediation, although new prisoners are constantly being recruited in their place. Also, courts sentence some to "home chemistry" (house arrest with correctional labor), after which the person leaves prison walls and is no longer considered a prisoner.

It should also be taken into account that the statistics do not include everyone who is imprisoned for political reasons; the real number of Belarusian political prisoners is higher. Human rights defenders simply do not know anything about some of them.

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