{"id":139016,"date":"2025-05-20T20:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"cichanouskaja-pays-homage-to-imprisoned-journalist-losik-on-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139016\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja pays homage to imprisoned journalist \u0141osik on his birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Ihar \u0141osik is celebrating his 33<sup>rd<\/sup> birthday in complete isolation today, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in her Telegram channel, noting that the journalist has been in captivity for more than 800 days without calls, letters and meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This man, who was a voice for thousands of Belarusians, is now in complete silence precisely because he knew how to speak so that people could hear,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141osik, editor of the <em>Belarus Golovnogo Mozga<\/em> Telegram channel, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in December 2021 on charges of incitement to hatred and mass riots. He has been held incommunicado at a penal colony in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 9, media reported the arrest of Mikita \u0141osik, Ihar&#8217;s younger brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em>, the brother was charged with sharing information with the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun defense monitoring project that Minsk has labeled an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 19, Belarusian human rights organizations declared Mikita a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/138815\/\">Jailed blogger\u2019s brother among seven new political prisoners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, Pozirk. Ihar \u0141osik is celebrating his 33rd birthday in complete isolation today, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in her Telegram channel, noting that the journalist has been in captivity for more than 800 days without calls, letters and meetings. &#8220;This man, who was a voice for thousands of Belarusians, is now in complete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":139000,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-139016","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 pays homage to imprisoned journalist \u0141osik on his birthday | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 20, Pozirk. 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