{"id":124816,"date":"2025-02-04T12:36:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124816\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuanian-mp-declares-solidarity-with-jailed-belarusian-greens-leader","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124816\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian MP declares solidarity with jailed Belarusian Greens leader"},"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\/02\/kuchuk_tomilinas_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kuchuk_tomilinas_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kuchuk_tomilinas_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kuchuk_tomilinas_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kuchuk_tomilinas_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kuchuk_tomilinas_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n         D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk,Tomas Tomilinas (left to right)\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Ku\u010duk&#039;s social media; J. Stacevi\u010diaus \/ lrytas.lt)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 4, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Lithuanian MP Tomas Tomilinas of the center-left Union of Democrats &#8220;For Lithuania&#8221; has become a symbolic godfather of jailed D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk, former chairman of the outlawed Belarusian Greens Party, <em>Par\u0142amiencki Kana\u0142 <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomilinas announced the move last week at the meeting with Anatol Labied\u017aka and Dzianis Ku\u010dynski, aides to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. He is one of 428 politicians who have joined the solidarity initiative since 2020, according to Libereco, the Swiss-German human rights group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Christmas Eve, Ku\u010duk was sentenced to six years in a Belarusian prison on charges of violent disorder and calls for international sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ku\u010duk became the seventh party leader in Belarus to end up behind bars after he was arrested a year ago while attempting to commemorate the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in front of the Russian embassy in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court dissolved the Greens in July 2023. Later, officials refused to register a group nominating Ku\u010duk as a candidate for parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, the politician had served 15 days in jail after he and others sought official permission to hold a protest rally.<\/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\/2025\/01\/budris_mid_litva_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/budris_mid_litva_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/budris_mid_litva_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/budris_mid_litva_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/budris_mid_litva_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/budris_mid_litva_1128x752.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\">Lithuania&#039;s top diplomat urges EU to support accountability for \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 27, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka reappointed himself as Belarus\u2019 ruler at the presidential election on January 21-16, Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys has told journalists ahead of the European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. \u0141uka\u0161enka, in power since 1994, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/123691\">\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>February 4, Pozirk. Lithuanian MP Tomas Tomilinas of the center-left Union of Democrats &#8220;For Lithuania&#8221; has become a symbolic godfather of jailed D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk, former chairman of the outlawed Belarusian Greens Party, Par\u0142amiencki Kana\u0142 reported. Tomilinas announced the move last week at the meeting with Anatol Labied\u017aka and Dzianis Ku\u010dynski, aides to Belarusian opposition leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":124806,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-124816","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian MP declares solidarity with jailed Belarusian Greens leader | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 4, Pozirk. 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