{"id":154130,"date":"2025-09-06T18:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154130\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-opposition-hails-trumps-stand-on-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154130\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus opposition hails Trump\u2019s stand on political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 6, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> US President Donald Trump raising the stakes and demanding freedom for political inmates is a great achievement for \u201call of us,\u201d said Franak Via\u010dorka, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s chief adviser, after the US leader had announced a possible release of hundreds of Belarus\u2019 prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the third time Trump has mentioned Belarus during his presidency and the third time he has spoken about political prisoners,\u201d Via\u010dorka told <em>Pozirk<\/em>. \u201cCurrently, political prisoners and repression are the key area of our cooperation with Washington. Understand that many countries in the world have political prisoners, authoritarianism, or a dictatorship similar to \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime. But Trump is only raising this issue regarding Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCertainly, if 1,300\u20131,400 prisoners are released, this will be a huge diplomatic win for the White House, for Trump and for a free Belarus. So it is in our interest to raise awareness about the political prisoners and Belarus,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Via\u010dorka, the Belarusian pro-democracy forces communicate with the US administration weekly and sometimes daily. They are sharing their vision and the lists of prisoners sentenced on political charges, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He praised Trump for using the word \u201chostages\u201d referring to these prisoners and downplayed his compliments to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t consider them as legitimizing the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime,\u201d he stated.<\/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\/09\/tramp_ovalnyj_kabinet_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tramp_ovalnyj_kabinet_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tramp_ovalnyj_kabinet_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tramp_ovalnyj_kabinet_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tramp_ovalnyj_kabinet_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tramp_ovalnyj_kabinet_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\">Trump on Belarus\u2019 prisoners: It looks like they will be released soon<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 6, Pozirk. Belarusian political prisoners may be released in the foreseeable future, according to the remarks US President Donald Trump made while signing documents in the Oval Office yesterday. Trump addressed the issue after signing an executive order to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154121\">\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>September 6, Pozirk. US President Donald Trump raising the stakes and demanding freedom for political inmates is a great achievement for \u201call of us,\u201d said Franak Via\u010dorka, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s chief adviser, after the US leader had announced a possible release of hundreds of Belarus\u2019 prisoners. \u201cThis is the third time Trump has mentioned Belarus during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-154130","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>Belarus opposition hails Trump\u2019s stand on political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 6, Pozirk. 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