{"id":155649,"date":"2025-09-16T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155649\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuanian-seimas-speaker-pledges-support-for-belarusian-opposition","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155649\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian Seimas speaker pledges support for Belarusian opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 16, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuania has a duty to maintain pressure on Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s regime, impose sanctions and lobby for more restrictive measures against Minsk, Lithuanian Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MP welcomed the recent release of more than 50 people jailed in politically-motivated cases in Belarus, regretting potential new imprisonment for opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, who refused to leave Belarus after being pardoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 1,200 reprisal victims are still held in Belarus’ prisons, he noted.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vilnius will make every possible effort, including on the international level, to ensure that support for the Belarusian pro-democracy forces does not waver and that the regime feels the firm European position on sanctions, Olekas said. This approach will exclude simple exchanges of a few dozen political prisoners for lifting of some sanctions, he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crackdown on democracy in Belarus cannot be ignored despite the global attention on Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, the politician said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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