{"id":165397,"date":"2025-11-24T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165397\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-belarus-should-become-safe-country-for-women","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165397\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader: Belarus should become safe country for women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tihanovskaja_twitter_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tihanovskaja_twitter_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tihanovskaja_twitter_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tihanovskaja_twitter_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tihanovskaja_twitter_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tihanovskaja_twitter_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s X account)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>No woman should be left alone with violence, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician called for transforming Belarus into a country where women are not afraid to come home and do not face humiliation or pressure, and where the state guarantees their protection instead of being a \u201csource of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of late September, nearly 200 women were held behind bars in politically-motivated criminal cases in Belarus, with at least 615 women designated as former political prisoners, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/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\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: three women imprisoned for setting up local chat<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 25, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on October 24 with three more people sentenced to prison for setting up a closed local chat, following earlier reports of five similar convictions in Hrodna. Maryna Pietra\u017eyckaja, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/161508\">\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 24, Pozirk. No woman should be left alone with violence, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The politician called for transforming Belarus into a country where women are not afraid to come home and do not face humiliation or pressure, and where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165064,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-165397","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: Belarus should become safe country for women | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 24, Pozirk. 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