{"id":164101,"date":"2025-11-14T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"cichanouskaja-receives-magnitsky-award-for-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164101\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja receives Magnitsky Award for human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/magnitski-award-tikhanovskaya-benedict-rogers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/magnitski-award-tikhanovskaya-benedict-rogers.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/magnitski-award-tikhanovskaya-benedict-rogers-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/magnitski-award-tikhanovskaya-benedict-rogers-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/magnitski-award-tikhanovskaya-benedict-rogers-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/magnitski-award-tikhanovskaya-benedict-rogers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/magnitski-award-tikhanovskaya-benedict-rogers-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Benedict Rogers)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja received the Magnitsky Award yesterday in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician shared the prize with her husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, who was not able to attend the ceremony. Both were recognized as outstanding opposition political figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award commemorates Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was murdered in Russian police custody after exposing a massive government corruption scheme in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja dedicated the award to all jailed Belarusian regime critics, whom she described as hostages, held behind bars for their love of their country and freedom, and those who gave up their lives for the freedom of Belarus and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Sergei Magnitsky, they all suffer behind bars but do not resign themselves to injustice, she stressed.<\/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\/11\/tikhanovskaya-london-20251113-OST-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tikhanovskaya-london-20251113-OST-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tikhanovskaya-london-20251113-OST-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tikhanovskaya-london-20251113-OST-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tikhanovskaya-london-20251113-OST-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tikhanovskaya-london-20251113-OST.jpg 1245w\" 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\">Belarusians\u2019 mindset has not changed since 2020 protests \u2013 Cichano\u016dskaja in London<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 13, Pozirk. Over the five years that have passed since the 2020 presidential election, Belarusians\u2019 mindset and hearts have not changed, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told a panel discussion in the UK Parliament. According to Cichano\u016dskaja, Belarusians do not want to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/164063\">\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>November 14, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja received the Magnitsky Award yesterday in London. The politician shared the prize with her husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, who was not able to attend the ceremony. Both were recognized as outstanding opposition political figures. The award commemorates Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was murdered in Russian police custody [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":164077,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-164101","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>Cichano\u016dskaja receives Magnitsky Award for human rights | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 14, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja received the Magnitsky Award yesterday in London. 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