{"id":129636,"date":"2025-03-12T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129636\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"cichanouskaja-meets-with-ep-president-speaks-at-ep-plenary-session","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129636\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja meets with EP president, speaks at EP plenary session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 11, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has met with Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, to discuss ways to secure the release of Belarus\u2019 political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Belarusian opposition leader’s press office, at today’s meeting in Strasbourg, Cichano\u016dskaja shared conclusions by the Viasna Human Rights Center on the mistreatment of women in detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She stressed the importance of active cooperation between the pro-democracy forces and European institutions. The politicians talked about involving more Belarusian democratic activists in European Parliament events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opposition leader also noted the importance of supporting independent journalists and human rights initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting was attended by Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk, an activist who gained Metsola’s patronage while serving her prison sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier the same day, Cichano\u016dskaja participated in a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She suggested that the withdrawal of Russian troops and nuclear weapons from Belarus should be part of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs you discuss rearming Europe, I urge you to see support for Belarus as an investment in your own security. Belarus is key to stopping Russia\u2019s advance into Europe. Without a free and independent Belarus, the threat of war will not end\u2014not for Ukraine, not for Europe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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