{"id":118356,"date":"2024-12-15T17:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118356\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"cichanouskajas-supporter-antanina-kanavalava-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118356\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja’s supporter Antanina Kanava\u0142ava released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 15, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Antanina Kanava\u0142ava, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja’s confidant in the 2020 presidential election, has been released, her mother Hanna Kanava\u0142ava said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The children missed their mom so much. Every word they said, every tear in their eyes broke my heart, but I always believed that this day will come,” the mother said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After her arrest in September 2020, Kanava\u0142ava was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison on rioting charges. Authorities accused her of administering an opposition Telegram channel and association with Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski’s movement Strana Dlya Zhizni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also blacklisted her as an extremist and terrorist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In prison, Kanava\u0142ava received a Group III visual impairment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mother did not report the reason for her release, but it is likely that she was pardoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 9, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka pardoned 29 people who had committed \u201cextremist crimes.\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s office claimed that all of them had repented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 207 people have been pardoned over the past six months, but human rights activists say more regime opponents have been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activists declared Antanina Kanava\u0142ava a political prisoner. Her mother lives in exile with her two grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November, Cichano\u016dskaja said there had been no news from her jailed husband for more than 600 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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