{"id":166872,"date":"2025-12-04T18:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166872\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"eu-foreign-policy-chief-urges-belarus-to-end-repression","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166872\/","title":{"rendered":"EU foreign policy chief urges Belarus to end repression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 4,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Speaking at a meeting of the OSCE foreign ministers in Vienna, Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign policy and security chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kajakallas\/status\/1996554259769307560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">urged<\/a> Minsk to end repression, release political prisoners and uphold international human rights obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe European Union calls on Belarus to stop supporting the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja is expected to attend the side event, \u201cPreparations for a Democratic Future of Belarus,\u201d organized by the group of friends of a democratic Belarus in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk is represented by Ihar Siakreta, a deputy foreign minister.<\/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\/03\/verhovny_sud_minsknews_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/verhovny_sud_minsknews_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/verhovny_sud_minsknews_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/verhovny_sud_minsknews_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/verhovny_sud_minsknews_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/verhovny_sud_minsknews_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\">Supreme Court throws out appeals by men imprisoned for letters to political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 4,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Supreme Court has rejected appeals by three men convicted of facilitating extremism for posting news stories from banned media outlets on the \u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e.\u0431\u0435\u043b website, according to the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office. 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