{"id":159641,"date":"2025-10-11T18:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159641\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-demands-minsk-reveal-statkievics-whereabouts","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159641\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader demands Minsk reveal Statkievi\u010d\u2019s whereabouts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs.jpg 719w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Mika\u0142aj Statkevi\u010d at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, September 11, 2025\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(CCTV footage \/ Screenshot by Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s regime must immediately disclose the whereabouts of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkevi\u010d and allow him to contact his family and lawyer, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMika\u0142aj and all political prisoners must be released,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One month has passed since Statkevi\u010d refused to leave Belarus after being pardoned along with 51 other dissidents following \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s meeting with John Coale, US deputy special envoy to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All people freed on September 11 were taken to Lithuania, except for Statkievi\u010d, who remained for several hours at the Kamienny \u0141oh border checkpoint on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, as confirmed by CCTV footage. His current whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em>, he may be held at the H\u0142ybokaje penal colony in the Viciebsk region. That is the same prison where Statkievi\u010d had been serving his 14-year sentence in a politically motivated case. For the past two and a half years, he had been held incommunicado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Amnesty International and UN experts described his case as an enforced disappearance and called on the Belarusian authorities to ensure his safety and release him from custody.<\/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\/2024\/01\/marina-adamovich-belsat-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/marina-adamovich-belsat-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/marina-adamovich-belsat-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/marina-adamovich-belsat-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/marina-adamovich-belsat-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/marina-adamovich-belsat-1128.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\">Statkievi\u010d\u2019s wife: my husband stands by his values<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 19, Pozirk. Opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d\u2019s decision not to leave Belarus after being pardoned last week reflects his dignity, convictions and values, which he is unwilling to abandon, his wife Maryna Adamovi\u010d told Lithuania\u2019s LRT in an interview. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/156269\">\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>October 11, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s regime must immediately disclose the whereabouts of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkevi\u010d and allow him to contact his family and lawyer, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said on X. \u201cMika\u0142aj and all political prisoners must be released,\u201d she stressed. One month has passed since Statkevi\u010d refused to leave Belarus after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154944,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-159641","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 demands Minsk reveal Statkievi\u010d\u2019s whereabouts | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 11, Pozirk. 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