{"id":155403,"date":"2025-09-14T17:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155403\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"nobel-prize-winner-describes-deportation-of-pardoned-prisoners-as-torture","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155403\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize winner describes deportation of pardoned prisoners as torture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 14, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka acts like a “political juggler,” pardoning 50 people while jailing twice as many, Nobel Prize-winning writer \u015aviat\u0142ana Aleksijevi\u010d told readers in Berlin yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No one truly frees these people: if they are released, they are immediately deported. . .\u00a0 I believe it is a new form of torture,” dw.com<\/em> quoted her as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d\u2019s refusal to leave Belarus after being pardoned means he is not willing to give in again and let someone else decide for him, she said, noting that the same courage cannot be expected from other prisoners who need to ensure their survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I still believe life matters more than anything else. We cannot let a dictator make rules for our inner world and morality,” the writer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka pardoned Statkievi\u010d and 51 other designated political prisoners after meeting with the US diplomats on September 11. They were all taken to Lithuania except for Statkievi\u010d, who may be under arrest now. His whereabouts remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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