{"id":146410,"date":"2025-07-11T19:31:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146410\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-leader-pays-tribute-to-artist-ales-puskin-on-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146410\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader pays tribute to artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin on death anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Two years ago, \u201cthe country lost a Belarusian, a citizen, an artist who saw Belarus as it should be\u2014free and dignified,\u201d opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in her message on the anniversary of the death of Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist was \u201ctortured in prison dungeons,\u201d and his passing \u201cwill forever remain a black blot on the pages\u201d of Belarusian history, the politician said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pu\u0161kin was sentenced to prison on charges widely seen as politically motivated. On July 11, 2023, he died, aged 57, of perforated stomach ulcer in hospital, where he was transferred from Hrodna\u2019s Prison No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"Investigation: activist A\u0161urak was murdered in prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Investigation: activist A\u0161urak was murdered in prison<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 11, Pozirk. Two years ago, \u201cthe country lost a Belarusian, a citizen, an artist who saw Belarus as it should be\u2014free and dignified,\u201d opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in her message on the anniversary of the death of Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin. The artist was \u201ctortured in prison dungeons,\u201d and his passing \u201cwill forever remain a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":60148,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-146410","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>Opposition leader pays tribute to artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin on death anniversary | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 11, Pozirk. 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