{"id":167033,"date":"2025-12-05T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"osce-member-states-urge-belarus-to-end-repression","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/","title":{"rendered":"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 5,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/repression-in-belarus-joint-statement-to-the-osce-ministerial-council-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a> during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to urge Belarus to end repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe urge Belarus to fully implement its international obligations and OSCE commitments in the field of human rights and democracy. Belarus must also stop its support for Russia\u2019s illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression against Ukraine,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement was delivered by Ann-Sofie Nilsson, of the Swedish foreign ministry, on behalf of members of the Informal Group of Friends of Democratic Belarus: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Liechtenstein, Malta, Moldova, San Marino and Switzerland joined the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja is taking part in OSCE Ministerial Council events at the invitation of Finland, which currently holds the OSCE chairmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta&nbsp;represents official Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-354x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-734x485.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid.jpg 1024w\" 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\">Belarusian diplomat urges OSCE to end use of \u201cunlawful sanctions\u201d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 5, Pozirk. Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to abandon what he described as policies of isolation and unlawful sanctions as he addressed the OSCE Foreign Ministers&#039; Council yesterday. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166957\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint statement during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to urge Belarus to end repression. \u201cWe urge Belarus to fully implement its international obligations and OSCE commitments in the field of human rights and democracy. Belarus must also stop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-167033","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint statement during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint statement during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/\"},\"headline\":\"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-05T15:52:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/\",\"name\":\"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-05T15:52:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint statement during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression | Pozirk","description":"December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint statement during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression | Pozirk","og_description":"December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint statement during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/"},"headline":"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression","datePublished":"2025-12-05T15:52:14+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/"},"wordCount":191,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/","name":"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-12-05T15:52:14+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","description":"December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Nearly 30 democratic countries have issued a joint statement during the ongoing ministerial meeting of the Organization for","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167033\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OSCE member states urge Belarus to end repression"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/167033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=167033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}