{"id":117822,"date":"2024-12-11T19:53:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117822\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-regime-destroys-people-not-only-in-prisons","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117822\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader: regime kills people not only in prisons"},"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\/09\/tikhanouskaia_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tikhanouskaia_press.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tikhanouskaia_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tikhanouskaia_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tikhanouskaia_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tikhanouskaia_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has blamed authorities for the death of \u015aviat\u0142ana Krucikava, who committed suicide yesterday following several politically-motivated trials for sharing opposition content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcers reportedly kept harassing Krucikava with searches, inspections and arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s impossible to even imagine what a person who decided to take such a terrible step. . . was forced to go through,&#8221; the politician said on Telegram. &#8220;The regime destroys people not only in prisons. It destroys [their] health, both physical and mental, with harassment, threats of persecution and endless manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja sent her condolences to Krucikava\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <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\">Reprisals: journalist sentenced to prison for insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 11, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court has sentenced reporter Volha Radzivonava to four years in prison, the Belarusian Association of Journalists said yesterday. The judge found her guilty of inciting hatred, libeling and insulting the head of state and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/117672\">\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>December 11, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has blamed authorities for the death of \u015aviat\u0142ana Krucikava, who committed suicide yesterday following several politically-motivated trials for sharing opposition content. Law enforcers reportedly kept harassing Krucikava with searches, inspections and arrests. \u201cIt&#8217;s impossible to even imagine what a person who decided to take such a terrible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":105821,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-117822","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 leader: regime kills people not only in prisons | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 11, Pozirk. 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