{"id":153146,"date":"2025-08-30T17:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/153146\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"cichanouskaja-reprisals-extend-beyond-belarus-borders","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/153146\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader: reprisals extend beyond Belarus\u2019 borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The humanitarian and political crisis in Belarus is deepening, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told the Danish parliamentary foreign policy committee yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politically-motivated reprisals in Belarus continue unabated, while Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka tries to wriggle into US President Donald Trump\u2019s favor, seeking to legitimize his regime, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe repression becomes transnational. The regime agents operate via Interpol, on the EU and NATO countries territory,&#8221; the politician said, citing the March disappearance of prominent opposition activist An\u017ealika Mielnikava and that of Anatol Kota\u016d on August 21. Other politicians regularly receive threats, while their relatives in Belarus are blackmailed, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja said a dialogue between the regime and society would only be possible if all jailed opponents are freed and perpetrators of human rights abuses are brought to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician visited Denmark on August 28-29 together with her husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, released two months ago.<\/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\/08\/tihanovskaya-merezhko-fv-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tihanovskaya-merezhko-fv-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tihanovskaya-merezhko-fv-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tihanovskaya-merezhko-fv-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tihanovskaya-merezhko-fv-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tihanovskaya-merezhko-fv.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 to Kallas: lasting EU support essential for change in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 30, Pozirk. Consistent European support is key to achieving systemic change in Belarus, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told Kaja Kallas, European Union&#039;s foreign policy chief and Denmark&#039;s Foreign Minister L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, her press office reports. The politician, who &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/153137\">\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>August 30, Pozirk. The humanitarian and political crisis in Belarus is deepening, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told the Danish parliamentary foreign policy committee yesterday. Politically-motivated reprisals in Belarus continue unabated, while Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka tries to wriggle into US President Donald Trump\u2019s favor, seeking to legitimize his regime, she noted. \u201cThe repression becomes transnational. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-153146","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: reprisals extend beyond Belarus\u2019 borders | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 30, Pozirk. 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