{"id":511038,"date":"2026-01-20T16:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=511038"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:51:49","slug":"detained-radio-amateurs-recognised-as-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/detained-radio-amateurs-recognised-as-political-prisoners","title":{"rendered":"Detained Radio Amateurs Recognised as Political Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian human rights defenders have recognised another 14 people as political prisoners. They are <strong>Volha Barunova<\/strong>, <strong>Alyaksei Kerdal<\/strong>, <strong>Vital Zhaliazniakou<\/strong>, <strong>Alyaksandr Zalatarievich<\/strong>, <strong>Uladzimir Zinavenka<\/strong>, <strong>Dzianis Piatr\u043eu<\/strong>, <strong>Tatsiana Shynkevich<\/strong>, <b>Dzmitry Kapuza<\/b>, <strong>Volha<\/strong><b>\u00a0Kapuza<\/b>, <b>Alyaksandr Kanavalchyk<\/b>, <b>Ivan Vainou<\/b>, <b>Mikita Krasko<\/b>, <b>Viachaslau Bianko<\/b>, and <b>Andrei Repetsij<\/b>, the Viasna Human Rights Centre reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mikita Krasko, Viachaslau Bianko and Andrei Repetsij were detained in the so-called \u201cradio amateurs case\u201d. They are accused of treason and espionage.<\/p>\n<p>Spouses Dzmitry and Volha Kapuza were sentenced to 24 and 21 years in prison respectively on charges of an \u201cact of terrorism\u201d and \u201cillegal actions involving ammunition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kanavalchyk is being held in a pre-trial detention centre on charges of aiding \u201cextremist activity\u201d and inciting hatred, while Vainou is accused of treason, participation in a terrorist organisation, and participation in hostilities on the territory of another country.<\/p>\n<p>Volha Barunova was sentenced under Articles 130 and 361-4 of the Criminal Code on charges of inciting \u201cother social hatred\u201d and aiding extremist activity to three years\u2019 imprisonment in a correctional colony.<\/p>\n<p>Alyaksei Kerdal was sentenced under Articles 130 and 342 of the Criminal Code on charges of inciting \u201cother social hatred\u201d and participating in group actions that grossly violate public order to five years\u2019 imprisonment in a correctional colony.<\/p>\n<p>Vital Zhaliazniakou was sentenced under Articles 130 and 367 of the Criminal Code on charges of slandering A. Lukashenka and inciting \u201cother social hatred\u201d to imprisonment in a correctional colony.<\/p>\n<p>Alyaksandr Zalatarievich was sentenced under Articles 368, 361-1 and 130 of the Criminal Code on charges of insulting a representative of the authorities and A. Lukashenka, inciting \u201cother social hatred\u201d, and \u201ccalls for illegal actions aimed at harming the national interests of the Republic of Belarus\u201d to four years\u2019 imprisonment in a correctional colony.<\/p>\n<p>Uladzimir Zinavenka was sentenced under Article 130 of the Criminal Code on charges of inciting \u201cother social hatred\u201d to four years\u2019 imprisonment in a correctional colony.<\/p>\n<p>Dzianis Piatrou was sentenced under Article 130 of the Criminal Code on charges of inciting other social hatred to three years of restricted freedom in a correctional institution and is currently serving his sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Tatsiana Shynkevich was sentenced under Article 130 of the Criminal Code on charges of inciting \u201cother social hatred\u201d to imprisonment in a correctional colony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian human rights defenders have recognised another 14 people as political prisoners. They are Volha Barunova, Alyaksei Kerdal, Vital Zhaliazniakou, Alyaksandr Zalatarievich, Uladzimir Zinavenka, Dzianis Piatr\u043eu, Tatsiana Shynkevich, Dzmitry Kapuza, Volha\u00a0Kapuza, Alyaksandr Kanavalchyk, Ivan Vainou, Mikita Krasko, Viachaslau Bianko, and Andrei Repetsij, the Viasna Human Rights Centre reported. Mikita Krasko, Viachaslau Bianko and Andrei Repetsij [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":497670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/696fa49aec2da.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Detained Radio Amateurs Recognised as Political Prisoners"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}