{"id":149208,"date":"2025-08-01T14:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149208\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"finland-to-donate-e50000-for-belarus-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149208\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland to donate \u20ac50,000 for Belarus\u2019 political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen \n <\/div>\n \n
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August 1, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Finland has pledged to donate \u20ac50,000 to an international fund for support of Belarus\u2019 political prisoners and their families, opposition politician Franak Via\u010dorka has told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen announced the decision at her meeting with \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja in Helsinki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian opposition leader discussed ways to resolve legalization issues for Belarusians with expired passports who are afraid to go to Belarus for fear of politically-motivated persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the International Humanitarian Fund for Support of Political Prisoners in Belarus received donations from Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain and Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fund finances rehabilitation and relocation costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja has been on a three-day visit to Finland since July 30. She took part in Helsinki+50, an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe conference organized at the initiative of the Finnish president and foreign minister.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a discussion of human rights in Belarus hosted by the Finnish and Dutch Helsinki Committees, she said that reprisals in Belarus continue unabated with more people falling victim to politically-motivated persecution and dying behind bars. Those who are released remain under strict supervision and effectively become \u201chostages within their own country,\u201d often facing travel bans and having their passports confiscated, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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