{"id":144137,"date":"2025-06-25T20:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144137\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-steps-up-hunt-for-exiled-activists-ahead-of-warsaw-rally","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144137\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk steps up hunt for exiled activists ahead of Warsaw rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tsikhanouskia_pressST.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tsikhanouskia_pressST.webp 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tsikhanouskia_pressST-354x236.webp 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tsikhanouskia_pressST-734x490.webp 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tsikhanouskia_pressST-178x118.webp 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tsikhanouskia_pressST-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 25,<em> Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has urged exiled activists to observe personal safety measures in connection with reports of potential Minsk\u2019s attempts to identify them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several people have been receiving promises of monetary reward for taking pictures at the upcoming rally in Warsaw with the participation of Cichano\u016dskaja and her dissident husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski released from prison four days ago, <em>Mediazona<\/em> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unknown individuals reportedly pose as journalists, working for <em>portmedia.io<\/em>, and offer jobs to photographers with promises of \u201cextensive coverage on <em>Portmedia<\/em> and <em>Baltic News<\/em>.\u201d Some offers came from users registered as Mariya Gabdullina and Tatyana Lebedeva, with remuneration exceeding \u20ac100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar job ads from unverified or new accounts have also been posted in chats, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> said, noting that some messages were sent from the account of Volha Sitnik, jailed editor of the Belarusian Wikipedia. The use of phones belonging to prisoners is typical for Belarusian police, journalists added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian law enforcement agencies have repeatedly warned Belarusians against taking part in opposition events abroad, threatening criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of Belarusian holders of Polish residence permits surged from 28,000 in August 2020 to more than 143,000 in late February, according to Polish official statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of Belarusians in Poland is hard to estimate due to their different emigration status but Polish authorities said it may exceed 350,000 people. Over the past few years, Belarusians have accounted for the second-largest national minority in Poland after Ukrainians.<\/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\/06\/tikhanovskie-2-20250622-POZ-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tikhanovskie-2-20250622-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tikhanovskie-2-20250622-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tikhanovskie-2-20250622-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tikhanovskie-2-20250622-POZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tikhanovskie-2-20250622-POZ.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition leader, dissident husband to meet Duda, Sikorski tomorrow<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 25, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and her husband, prominent opposition figure Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, released from prison four days ago, will meet Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw tomorrow. The couple will also meet with Polish Foreign Minister &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/144107\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 25, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has urged exiled activists to observe personal safety measures in connection with reports of potential Minsk\u2019s attempts to identify them. Several people have been receiving promises of monetary reward for taking pictures at the upcoming rally in Warsaw with the participation of Cichano\u016dskaja and her dissident husband [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":144093,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-144137","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>Minsk steps up hunt for exiled activists ahead of Warsaw rally | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 25, Pozirk. 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