{"id":1215,"date":"2023-08-29T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1215"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"cichanouskaja-five-months-without-news-from-husband","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1215\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja: five months without news from husband"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 29,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Belarusian opposition politician \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said that many Belarusian political prisoners are being held in complete isolation, without receiving letters or having access to lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Lithuanian broadcaster&nbsp;<em>LRT<\/em>&nbsp;today, she called isolation&nbsp;a form of violence designed to inflict moral suffering on prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said that her imprisoned spouse, former presidential hopeful&nbsp;Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, has been incommunicado since March 9: &#8220;I haven&#8217;t received&nbsp;any news&nbsp;about my husband for five months.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition uses every opportunity to secure political prisoners&#8217; prompt release, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities arrested Cichano\u016dski after his launched his presidential campaign and sentenced him to 18 years in prison after his wife registered as a candidate for the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six months ago, a judge added another year and a half to his sentence for alleged malicious disobedience to the prison authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 29,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Belarusian opposition politician \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said that many Belarusian political prisoners are being held in complete isolation, without receiving letters or having access to lawyers. In an interview with Lithuanian broadcaster&nbsp;LRT&nbsp;today, she called isolation&nbsp;a form of violence designed to inflict moral suffering on prisoners. She said that her imprisoned spouse, former presidential hopeful&nbsp;Siarhiej [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-1215","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Cichano\u016dskaja: five months without news from husband | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 29,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Belarusian opposition politician \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said that many Belarusian political prisoners are being held in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1215\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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