{"id":146166,"date":"2025-07-10T12:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146166\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"ukraine-11-other-countries-join-eus-call-to-free-belarusian-dissidents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146166\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, 11 other countries join EU&#8217;s call to free Belarusian dissidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EU_Flag_POZ_744x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EU_Flag_POZ_744x500.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EU_Flag_POZ_744x500-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 10, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>The European Union&#8217;s delegation to the Council of Europe (CoE) called on Minsk to end reprisals and secure the immediate and unconditional release of all jailed regime critics at the CoE Committee of Ministers meeting in France\u2019s Strasbourg yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost 1,200 political prisoners are unjustly detained in Belarus, the statement noted, while welcoming the recent pardon of prominent opposition figure Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski and 13 other prisoners convicted in politically-motivated cases, including nine citizens of Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReports of appalling conditions of detention, isolation from families and lawyers,&nbsp;ill-treatment and torture, with no access to essential health services, are alarming,\u201d the statement stressed. \u201cThe EU remains deeply concerned about the human rights situation in Belarus and strongly condemns the continuing persecution and intimidation campaigns against all segments of Belarusian society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twelve other countries, including Andorra, Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Ukraine and United Kingdom, aligned themselves with the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of July 10, human rights defenders identified at least 1,151 political prisoners in Belarus but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brifing_diplomaty_st_fv_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\">Cichano\u016dskaja says release of all jailed dissidents to pave way to dialogue<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/146161\">\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>July 10, Pozirk. The European Union&#8217;s delegation to the Council of Europe (CoE) called on Minsk to end reprisals and secure the immediate and unconditional release of all jailed regime critics at the CoE Committee of Ministers meeting in France\u2019s Strasbourg yesterday. 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