{"id":126110,"date":"2025-02-13T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126110\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"rfe-rl-hopes-for-release-of-journalist-losik","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126110\/","title":{"rendered":"RFE\/RL hopes for release of journalist \u0141osik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 13, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> &#8220;We remain hopeful that our journalist Ihar \u0141osik will also be released and look to the [US President Donald] Trump administration for its continued leadership and guidance,&#8221; <em>RFE\/RL<\/em> president and CEO Stephen Capus said yesterday, commenting on the release of Andrej Ku\u017anie\u010dyk, a freelancer with the radio&#8217;s Belarusian service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is a joyous day for Andrej, his wife, Alesia, and their two young children. After more than three years apart, this family is together again thanks to President Trump. We are also grateful to Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio and his team, and to the Lithuanian government for their support,&#8221; Capus said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja announced yesterday that Belarusian authorities released Ku\u017anie\u010dyk, protester Alena Ma\u016d\u0161uk and \u201ca US citizen whose name has not been disclosed so far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The releasees have left Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Also read:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126085\/\">Belarus frees RFE\/RL journalist, unnamed US citizen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126107\/\">Pundit: Belarusian propaganda diverts attention from inmate release<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126109\/\">Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s adviser rejects speculations of US lawyer\u2019s release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 13, Pozirk. 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