{"id":162721,"date":"2025-11-03T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162721\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"new-zealand-urges-minsk-to-uphold-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162721\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand urges Minsk to uphold human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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November 3, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>New Zealand reiterated its call on \u201cthe Belarusian regime to ensure respect for fundamental human rights for all Belarusians,” Foreign Minister Winston Peters has said after meeting Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sides also discussed New Zealand\u2019s support for a free and democratic Belarus, he noted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja is visiting New Zealand and Australia this week to push for holding Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials accountable for supporting Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine and carrying out political reprisals, promote sanctions on Minsk and rally support for humanitarian and media initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka, Belarusian top defense officials and Security Council chief Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d are on New Zealand\u2019s sanctions list for supporting the aggression against Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four days ago, New Zealand\u00a0expanded its sanctions to the Belarusian oil and petrochemical giant Bie\u0142naftachim and Naftan oil refinery over their alleged involvement in illegal trade in Russian oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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