{"id":102725,"date":"2024-08-30T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102725\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-says-2025-presidential-election-cannot-be-free-amid-ongoing-reprisals","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102725\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leaders warn Western politicians against recognizing 2025 presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leaders \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka urged their European partners not to recognize the results of the upcoming presidential election in Belarus, warning that there are no conditions for a free and fair race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141atu\u0161ka informed Susanne Sch\u00fctz, German permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, about ongoing politically-motivated reprisals in Belarus, including against imprisoned former presidential hopefuls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities keep harassing even those who left their signatures in support of candidates other than Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka four years ago, the politician noted. Not a single opposition party is left in Belarus, with independent media outlets and more than 1,700 NGOs closed down, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian pro-democracy forces are planning a common strategy that would use \u201cthe so-called election to exert maximum pressure on \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s regime,&#8221; \u0141atu\u0161ka stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming Belarus&#8217; presidential election will be neither free nor democratic and cannot be recognized by the international community, Cichano\u016dskaja told Lithuanian MEPs Andrius Kubilius and Rasa Juknevi\u010dien\u0117, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seventh presidential election in Belarus is to be held no later than July 20, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the BelPol association of former law enforcers warned that it might be brought forward to February 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko_propaganda_presssl_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko_propaganda_presssl_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko_propaganda_presssl_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko_propaganda_presssl_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko_propaganda_presssl_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko_propaganda_presssl_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka seeks state media support for his presidential campaign<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 29, Pozirk. With one year to go before Belarus\u2019 presidential election, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has advised his propaganda officials to promote his candidacy without exaggeration while focusing on achievements. \u201cWe don&#039;t need to tweak anyone by the ears here again,&quot; &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/102593\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 30, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leaders \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka urged their European partners not to recognize the results of the upcoming presidential election in Belarus, warning that there are no conditions for a free and fair race. \u0141atu\u0161ka informed Susanne Sch\u00fctz, German permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-102725","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opposition leaders warn Western politicians against recognizing 2025 presidential election | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 30, Pozirk. 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