{"id":117468,"date":"2024-12-10T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T08:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117468\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-leader-government-is-oppressor-instead-of-upholding-belarusians-rights","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117468\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader: government is oppressor instead of upholding Belarusians\u2019 rights"},"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\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tikhanouskaia_tartu_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk file photo)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 10, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Human rights are under threat even in the heart of Europe today, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said on International Human Rights Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations in 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of guaranteeing our rights, the state has turned into an instrument of oppression,&#8221; the politician said. &#8220;Thousands of Belarusians have been thrown behind bars for daring to defend their freedom and dignity. They are kept in terrible conditions, deprived of contact with their loved ones, while their freedom and health are taken away.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja said she shares their pain as her husband, former presidential hopeful Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, has been held incommunicado for more than 640 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders who devoted their lives to helping others are now \u201cpersecuted, isolated, imprisoned and forced out of the country for doing their job,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician called for keeping contact with jailed dissidents, taking care of their families and reaching out to Belarusians who have just been forced to emigrate and are trying to integrate in new places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTogether we will overcome this crisis and restore freedom, dignity and respect for human rights in Belarus,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja stressed.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: more regime critics forced to flee Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: KGB keeps branding online projects as \u201cextremist\u201d groups Two exiled ex-officers tried over 2021 drone attack \u0141uka\u0161enka pardons 29 political prisoners, BelaPAN editor released after serving full sentence December 10, Pozirk. 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