{"id":118136,"date":"2024-12-13T14:28:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118136\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuanian-mp-pledges-to-support-belarusians-in-their-struggle-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118136\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian MP pledges to support Belarusians in their struggle for freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 13, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuanian MP \u017dygimantas Pavilionis has expressed his wholehearted support for Belarusians\u2019 struggle for freedom in his address at a forum in Vilnius that brought together exiled Belarusian journalists and their colleagues from the Baltic states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSometimes the opportunities for freedom open unexpectedly and close in the same way,\u201d Pavilionis said. &#8220;You have to wait for these opportunities and . . . be always ready to benefit from that freedom. . . &nbsp;I hope it will somehow coincide with Lithuania&#8217;s presidency [of the Council of the European Union] in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanians will provide Belarusians will all opportunities that were once open to them, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juozas Olekas, first deputy chairman of the Lithuanian parliament, for his turn, stressed the importance of \u201cprofessional and reliable journalism,\u201d citing examples of exiled Lithuanian journalists who encouraged dissidents during the Soviet rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the 2020 crackdown, most independent Belarusian media outlets were forced to relocate abroad or shut down. The number of outlawed independent online news outlets, websites and social media accounts exceeded 4,000 since 2020, according to a Freedom House survey released in mid-October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Belarusian independent media outlets faced financial problems this year, &nbsp;including&nbsp;<em>KYKY<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Reform<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Belsat<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Plan B<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>ex-press.live<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">RSF: Belarus world\u2019s fourth largest prison for journalists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 12, Pozirk. Belarus ranked fourth in the top 10 countries by the number of imprisoned journalists this year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual report. China leads the list of the world&#039;s largest prisons for journalists with &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/117886\">\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 13, Pozirk. Lithuanian MP \u017dygimantas Pavilionis has expressed his wholehearted support for Belarusians\u2019 struggle for freedom in his address at a forum in Vilnius that brought together exiled Belarusian journalists and their colleagues from the Baltic states. \u201cSometimes the opportunities for freedom open unexpectedly and close in the same way,\u201d Pavilionis said. &#8220;You have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-118136","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>Lithuanian MP pledges to support Belarusians in their struggle for freedom | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 13, Pozirk. 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