{"id":107783,"date":"2024-10-03T21:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107783\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"naviband-wins-vasil-bykau-freedom-of-thought-award","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107783\/","title":{"rendered":"Naviband wins Vasil Byka\u016d Freedom of Thought award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/naviband_pozirk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/naviband_pozirk.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/naviband_pozirk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/naviband_pozirk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/naviband_pozirk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/naviband_pozirk-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Naviband has won the Vasil Byka\u016d Freedom of Thought award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has presented the statuette to the indie pop band at a ceremony in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prize was established in 2008 on the initiative of Alaksandar Milinkievi\u010d, the first leader of the For Freedom movement who ran for president in 2006, to honor those making special contributions to the development of Belarus&#8217; culture and the preservation of its history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The laureates included poet Ryhor Baradulin, writer U\u0142adzimir Ar\u0142o\u016d, artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin and other prominent figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naviband is led by spouses Arciom \u0141ukjanienka and Ksienija \u017duk. It represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. After the 2020 reprisals, it fled the country to continue its musical career in exile.<\/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\/09\/tihanovskaja_premija_lantos_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tihanovskaja_premija_lantos_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tihanovskaja_premija_lantos_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tihanovskaja_premija_lantos_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tihanovskaja_premija_lantos_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tihanovskaja_premija_lantos_screen_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\">Cichano\u016dskaja dedicates Lantos prize to those who keep fighting for Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 27, Pozirk. Four years of reprisals have not forced Belarusians to accept dictatorship, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said yesterday, receiving the Lantos Human Rights Prize in the United States. Belarusians continue to show courage and pay a high price for their &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/106833\">\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>October 3, Pozirk. Naviband has won the Vasil Byka\u016d Freedom of Thought award. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has presented the statuette to the indie pop band at a ceremony in Warsaw. The prize was established in 2008 on the initiative of Alaksandar Milinkievi\u010d, the first leader of the For Freedom movement who ran for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":107762,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-107783","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Naviband wins Vasil Byka\u016d Freedom of Thought award | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 3, Pozirk. Naviband has won the Vasil Byka\u016d Freedom of Thought award. 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