{"id":139175,"date":"2025-05-21T18:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139175\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"europe-demands-minsk-free-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139175\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe demands Minsk free political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 21, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The European Union has demanded that the Belarusian authorities immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners and rehabilitate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today and every day, we #StandWithBelarus,” the European External Action Service said on X on International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Estonian foreign ministry also marked the solidarity day, saying Tallinn supports all those who are prosecuted in Belarus on politically motivated charges for peaceful resistance, words, or even social media activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Polish envoy for relations with Belarusian pro-democracy forces, Adam Ha\u0142aci\u0144ski, called for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities expressed support for all those unjustly imprisoned for defending democracy and human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italian Senator Marco Lombardo said in a video that May 21 is a day to break the wall of silence, express solidarity and let political prisoners know that their struggle for freedom and democracy “is our struggle, too.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that it’s also an opportunity to let the regime, which imprisons and tortures people, realize that the world is looking and demanding freedom and democracy for Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Swedish Ambassador to Belarus Christina Johannesson and many others also demanded freedom for the country’s political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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