{"id":132249,"date":"2025-03-31T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T10:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132249\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-politician-missing-activists-phone-in-belarus-since-march-19","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132249\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician: missing activist&#8217;s phone in Belarus since March 19"},"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\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 31, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The cell phone of Coordination Council Speaker An\u017ealika Mielnikava who went missing in Poland, has been in Belarus since March 19, opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, who heads the Warsaw-based National Anti-Crisis Management, has said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAM technical experts were able to locate it, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141atu\u0161ka was the first to sound the alarm over Mielnikava\u2019s disappearance last week. The activist reportedly left Poland for the United Kingdom, without notifying her associates. She has two children, aged six and 12, whose whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141atu\u0161ka pointed out that opposition leaders are priority targets for Belarusian and Russian secret services.<\/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\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/melnikova_pacetv_screen_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\">PACE president sounds alarm over Mielnikava&#039;s disappearance<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 31, Pozirk. Theodoros Rousopoulos, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), described the disappearance of An\u017ealika Melnikava, speaker of the Coordination Council (CC), and her daughters as an alarming development. &nbsp;\u201cThe [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka regime has &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/132206\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, Pozirk. The cell phone of Coordination Council Speaker An\u017ealika Mielnikava who went missing in Poland, has been in Belarus since March 19, opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, who heads the Warsaw-based National Anti-Crisis Management, has said on Telegram. NAM technical experts were able to locate it, he noted. \u0141atu\u0161ka was the first to sound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":132186,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-132249","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>Opposition politician: missing activist&#039;s phone in Belarus since March 19 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 31, Pozirk. 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