{"id":146161,"date":"2025-07-10T11:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146161\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"cichanouskaja-says-release-of-all-jailed-dissidents-to-pave-way-to-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146161\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja says release of all jailed dissidents to pave way to dialogue"},"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\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Franak Via\u010dorka)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 10, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka wants western sanctions to be lifted without any real change, yet restrictions must be maintained, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told diplomats from 22 countries yesterday in Vilnius, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ending reprisals and releasing all political prisoners will constitute \u201cthe first step toward the national dialogue that Belarusian society so desperately needs,\u201d the politician stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denmark, which took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months on July 1, hosted the closed briefing at its embassy. It brought together diplomats from Armenia, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States as well as the European Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s husband, opposition activist Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski and 13 other prisoners were pardoned on June 21. The release followed a meeting in Minsk between Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk has reportedly been engaged in negotiations with Washington since mid-2024 and has pardoned more than 300 imprisoned regime critics since then, yet human rights defenders are pushing for the release of more than 1,150 political prisoners still held behind bars in Belarus.<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_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\">Reprisals: Belarusians risk arrests at border for social media reactions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 10, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on July 9, with reports of arrests at the border on extremism-related charges linked to social media activities. One of the arrested shared his story on Threads, noting &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/146150\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 10, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka wants western sanctions to be lifted without any real change, yet restrictions must be maintained, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told diplomats from 22 countries yesterday in Vilnius, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk. Ending reprisals and releasing all political prisoners will constitute \u201cthe first step toward the national dialogue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":146108,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-146161","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 says release of all jailed dissidents to pave way to dialogue | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 10, Pozirk. 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