{"id":120569,"date":"2025-01-03T19:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120569\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"mahilous-activist-ales-silkou-suddenly-dies","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120569\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahilo\u016d&#8217;s activist Ale\u015b Si\u0142ko\u016d dies"},"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\/2025\/01\/silkov-za-svobodu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/silkov-za-svobodu.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/silkov-za-svobodu-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/silkov-za-svobodu-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/silkov-za-svobodu-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/silkov-za-svobodu-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        File photo         <span>(Movement for Freedom)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ale\u015b Si\u0142ko\u016d, a 55-year-old political and civil activist, has suddenly died in Mahilo\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The death was reported on social media, and <em>Pozirk<\/em> has been able to confirm the reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In past years, Si\u0142ko\u016d was the national coordinator for the Freedom of Choice election monitoring campaign. He was also on the Movement for Freedom council and, at one point, the movement&#8217;s Mahilo\u016d region coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, he co-founded the Public Magistrate initiative, which honored outstanding citizens and organizations on the anniversary of Mahilo\u016d gaining its Magdeburg rights.<\/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\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <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\">Exiled opposition politician announces presidential bid<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 28, Pozirk. Opposition politician Juryj Hubarevi\u010d has announced on Facebook that he has submitted paperwork to the central election commission.&nbsp; The exiled chairman of the outlawed Movement for Freedom wants to run president, but the commission is likely to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/111456\">\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>January 3, Pozirk. Ale\u015b Si\u0142ko\u016d, a 55-year-old political and civil activist, has suddenly died in Mahilo\u016d. The death was reported on social media, and Pozirk has been able to confirm the reports. In past years, Si\u0142ko\u016d was the national coordinator for the Freedom of Choice election monitoring campaign. 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