{"id":120452,"date":"2025-01-02T02:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T23:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120452\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"candidate-kanapackaja-calls-for-political-prisoners-to-be-released","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120452\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate Kanapackaja calls for political prisoners to be released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 2, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian presidential candidate Hanna Kanapackaja demanded amnesty for “persons brought to justice for the events of the previous election cycle,” in an apparent reference to over 1,000 designated political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her election manifesto yesterday, she advocated for their swift “social and labor adaptation inside the country.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanapackaja also focused on the country’s international position. “Our statehood and independence are under permanent external threat, periodically turning into a political bargaining chip,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The candidate spoke in favor of “normalization with all our partners (members of the European Union as well as those on the path toward membership) based on the principles of peaceful coexistence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanapackaja is a former member of the opposition United Civic Party and an independent deputy in the sixth National Assembly. In 2020, she run for president but, unlike many opposition politicians, did not end up in jail or exile after the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking with Tochka.by<\/em> last week, she even criticized the pro-democracy opposition in exile as “impostors and swindlers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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