{"id":125323,"date":"2025-02-07T13:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T10:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125323\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"cichanouskaja-asks-albania-to-use-un-to-help-belarusian-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125323\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja asks Albania to use UN to help Belarusian political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752.jpg 945w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spch_oon_logo_ohchr_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(ohchr.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 7, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja urged Albania to use its membership in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to help secure the release of Belarusian political prisoners, her press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN can become a platform for negotiations on this issue, she told Albania&#8217;s Prime Minister Edi Rama and Foreign Minister Igli Hasani. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of the HRC in 2024-2026, Albania criticized ongoing human rights abuse in Belarus, pointing out the impunity of the perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of February 7, human rights defenders identified at least 1,230 political prisoners in Belarus but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\/10\/Tihanovski-rs-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tihanovski-rs-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tihanovski-rs-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tihanovski-rs-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tihanovski-rs-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tihanovski-rs.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\">Cichano\u016dski incommunicado for 700 days<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 6, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has not heard from her jailed husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski for 700 days, she said on Telegram. \u201cThe last time I heard my husband&#039;s voice was more than four years ago. 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The UN can become a platform for negotiations on this issue, she told Albania&#8217;s Prime Minister Edi Rama and Foreign Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":78096,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-125323","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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 asks Albania to use UN to help Belarusian political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 7, Pozirk. 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