{"id":160488,"date":"2025-10-17T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160488\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"ucp-leader-kazlou-leaves-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160488\/","title":{"rendered":"UCP leader Kaz\u0142o\u016d leaves Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Mika\u0142aj Kaz\u0142o\u016d, chairman of the outlawed United Civic Party (UCP), has fled Belarus, according to the office of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 20, Kaz\u0142o\u016d will give an online news conference from Brussels. He was released from prison in July last year after serving a sentence widely considered politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaz\u0142o\u016d was sentenced to 2.5 years\u2019 imprisonment in November 2022 for joining a protest march in August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court disbanded the UCP in 2023, claiming that the party had not filed for re-registration, as required under updated legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the party continues to operate. Its deputy chairman, Vadzim \u0160anca\u016d, is also in exile.<\/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\/Kazlou_Mikalai_Archv_POZ_1128-3534-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Kazlou_Mikalai_Archv_POZ_1128-3534-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Kazlou_Mikalai_Archv_POZ_1128-3534-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Kazlou_Mikalai_Archv_POZ_1128-3534-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Kazlou_Mikalai_Archv_POZ_1128-3534-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Kazlou_Mikalai_Archv_POZ_1128-3534.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">UCP leader Kaz\u0142o\u016d released from prison<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 22, Pozirk. Mika\u0142aj Kaz\u0142o\u016d, chairman of the outlawed United Civic Party (UCP), has been released from prison, Parlamentskiy Kanal and Radyjo Svaboda reported. In early November 2022, a district judge in Minsk sentenced Kaz\u0142o\u016d to two and a half &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/96858\">\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 17, Pozirk. Mika\u0142aj Kaz\u0142o\u016d, chairman of the outlawed United Civic Party (UCP), has fled Belarus, according to the office of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. On October 20, Kaz\u0142o\u016d will give an online news conference from Brussels. He was released from prison in July last year after serving a sentence widely considered politically motivated. 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