{"id":146907,"date":"2025-07-15T19:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146907\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"eu-to-allocate-funding-to-belarusian-independent-media-rights-groups","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146907\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to allocate funding to Belarusian independent media, rights groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 15, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Marta Kos, the EU enlargement commissioner, has announced a new aid package for Belarus to support independent journalists, human rights defenders and civil society activists as she met with Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politicians also discussed ways to secure the release of jailed Belarusian regime critics, the Belarusian politician\u2019s aide Franak Via\u010dorka has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brussels stopped cooperating with Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials after the disputed 2020 presidential election, re-directing support to Belarusian independent media, rights initiatives, reprisal victims, as well as culture and education projects. The funds are distributed via open competitions and EU programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Belarusian independent media outlets that operate in exile have faced financial problems since early 2024, including KYKY, Reform, Belsat, Plan B and<em>&nbsp;ex-press.live<\/em>. The Belarus Service of the Poland-based&nbsp;<em>radiounet.fm<\/em>&nbsp;stopped broadcasting over a lack of funding.<\/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\/03\/zhurnalisty_zaderzhanie_tutby_zamirovskij_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zhurnalisty_zaderzhanie_tutby_zamirovskij_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zhurnalisty_zaderzhanie_tutby_zamirovskij_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zhurnalisty_zaderzhanie_tutby_zamirovskij_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zhurnalisty_zaderzhanie_tutby_zamirovskij_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zhurnalisty_zaderzhanie_tutby_zamirovskij_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus among bottom three of Article 19 freedom of expression ranking<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 25, Pozirk. Belarus ranks 159th out of 161 countries in freedom of expression, said the international human rights organization Article 19. Only Nicaragua and North Korea are ranked below Belarus in the The Global Expression Report 2025. Russia ranked &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/144197\">\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 15, Pozirk. Marta Kos, the EU enlargement commissioner, has announced a new aid package for Belarus to support independent journalists, human rights defenders and civil society activists as she met with Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. The politicians also discussed ways to secure the release of jailed Belarusian regime critics, the Belarusian politician\u2019s aide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-146907","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>EU to allocate funding to Belarusian independent media, rights groups | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 15, Pozirk. 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