{"id":167827,"date":"2025-12-12T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"cichanouskaja-honored-with-margaret-thatcher-award-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167827\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja honored with Margaret Thatcher Award in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tatcher-tikhanovskaya-20251211-st-k-POZ.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tatcher-tikhanovskaya-20251211-st-k-POZ.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tatcher-tikhanovskaya-20251211-st-k-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tatcher-tikhanovskaya-20251211-st-k-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tatcher-tikhanovskaya-20251211-st-k-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tatcher-tikhanovskaya-20251211-st-k-POZ-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(newdirection.online \/ Still by Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja received the Margaret Thatcher Award yesterday in Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award was established this year by New Direction, a European conservative foundation set up in 2009 under the patronage of Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician dedicated the award to \u201cthe brave Belarusian women who are fighting for freedom,\u201d the \u201ciron ladies of Belarus\u201d: jailed politician Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, imprisoned journalist Kaciaryna Andrejeva, veteran opposition activist Nina Bahinskaja and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of these women remain behind bars, and we will not stop fighting for their release, just as we will not stop fighting for our country,\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dictators grow more arrogant when confronted with half-measures, she stressed, adding that honoring Thatcher\u2019s legacy means ensuring \u201cwe don\u2019t give dictators a single chance.\u201d<\/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\">Cichano\u016dskaja urges Italian MPs to initiate resolution on Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 11,&nbsp;Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja urged Italian MPs to initiate a resolution on Belarus, during her meeting with members of the parliamentary group \u201cFor Democratic Belarus\u201d in Rome on December 11, her press office reported. She suggested that &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/167770\">\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>December 12, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja received the Margaret Thatcher Award yesterday in Rome. The award was established this year by New Direction, a European conservative foundation set up in 2009 under the patronage of Margaret Thatcher. 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