{"id":155238,"date":"2025-09-12T18:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155238\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"missing-opposition-politician-statkievics-health-raises-concerns","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155238\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing opposition politician Statkievi\u010d\u2019s health raises concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d sitting between the Belarusian and Lithuanian border checkpoints on his release from prison. He refused to leave Belarus despite authorities insisting on his deportation.\n <\/div>\n \n
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September 12,<\/strong> Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>At a press conference in Vilnius, an associate spoke about the health of Narodnaja Hramada leader Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, who has gone missing after refusing to leave Belarus upon his release yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narodnaja Hramada member Siarhiej Spary\u0161, released the same day, said he was not worried about the social-democratic leader\u2019s morale but was deeply concerned about his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough he looks fit, he suffers from serious arrhythmia. At times he struggles even to walk,\u201d the activist said. \u201cHe was sent six times to the internal prison and six times to solitary confinement. Altogether, he spent two years and seven months in isolation. This is essentially murder. He contracted COVID three times, suffered a heart attack, had pneumonia once and has lived with chronic bronchitis since the 1990s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d refused deportation to Lithuania\u2014a condition of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s deal with the Americans\u2014and spent several hours between the Kamienny \u0141oh and Medininkai checkpoints. He then returned to the Belarusian side but has not come home. His current whereabouts remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler pardoned 52 prisoners yesterday. All others have been accounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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