{"id":125294,"date":"2025-02-07T12:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"minsk-metro-turns-on-public-information-displays-10-days-after-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125294\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk metro turns on public information displays 10 days after election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1433\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ST-video-Minsk-20240224-e1708784519590.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Opposition broadcasting its message on public information displays in Minsk Metro in 2024\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Social media image)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Minsk metro has powered up public information displays 10 days after the presidential election held on January 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The displays were off from January 23 to February 5, after the opposition had gained unauthorized access a year ago to broadcast its message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities disabled the system to prevent similar incidents, a source speaking on the condition of anonymity has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One year ago, as Belarus was holding local and parliamentary elections, the opposition gained access to more than 2,000 screens in Minsk to broadcast \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s address to voters, denouncing the elections and Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 seventh presidential election on January 21-26 took place in a purged political landscape amid a new crackdown on regime critics as Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka extended his 30-year rule in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election drew severe criticism for the lack of transparency and repressive environment, with democratic countries and the exiled Belarusian opposition dismissing it as a sham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: opposition initiative\u2019s data leak linked to two arrests in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Teenager given restricted freedom term for hiding state flag One song, six social media pages branded \u201cextremist\u201d content Jailed opposition activist faces more time behind bars Four on trial in Brest region over 2020 protests People leaving Belarus thoroughly &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/125147\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 7, Pozirk. 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