{"id":160785,"date":"2025-10-20T18:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160785\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ucp-leader-after-leaving-belarus-vows-to-continue-political-activity-abroad","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160785\/","title":{"rendered":"UCP leader, after leaving Belarus vows to continue political activity abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Mika\u0142aj Kaz\u0142o\u016d, chairman of the outlawed United Civic Party (UCP), has told an online news conference that the UCP will continue working abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSure, we have lost some ties to our fellow party members in Belarus, but there are quite a lot of them abroad. We continue our work and will prepare to meet the moment of change with a good, cohesive, professional and competent team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaz\u0142o\u016d fled Belarus on October 17. He says that he is now in Brussels, where he has close friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On in July 2024, he was released after serving a sentence that was widely considered to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaz\u0142o\u016d was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in November 2022 for taking part in a peaceful protest against election fraud in August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court disbanded the UCP in 2023.<\/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\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaja_okt_lekcija_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaja_okt_lekcija_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaja_okt_lekcija_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaja_okt_lekcija_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaja_okt_lekcija_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaja_okt_lekcija_screen_1128x752.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\">Belarus opposition prepares for post-\u0141uka\u0161enka power struggle<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 18, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said that Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s death is a possible scenario for how change can begin in Belarus. The Belarusian opposition leader made her remarks yesterday in Amsterdam after delivering a lecture at Rode Hoed. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/160578\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 20, Pozirk. Mika\u0142aj Kaz\u0142o\u016d, chairman of the outlawed United Civic Party (UCP), has told an online news conference that the UCP will continue working abroad. \u201cSure, we have lost some ties to our fellow party members in Belarus, but there are quite a lot of them abroad. We continue our work and will prepare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63978,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-160785","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>UCP leader, after leaving Belarus vows to continue political activity abroad | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 20, Pozirk. 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