{"id":168279,"date":"2025-12-15T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168279\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"nauseda-lithuania-supports-us-effort-to-secure-release-of-belarus-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168279\/","title":{"rendered":"Naus\u0117da: Lithuania supports US effort to secure release of Belarus\u2019 prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiatski_nauseda_press_nausedy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiatski_nauseda_press_nausedy.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiatski_nauseda_press_nausedy-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiatski_nauseda_press_nausedy-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiatski_nauseda_press_nausedy-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Lithuanian president&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 15,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em><em>.<\/em> <\/strong>Lithuania has always supported Washington in its effort to secure the release of Belarus\u2019 political prisoners, President Gitanas Naus\u0117da told Ale\u015b Bialacki, a Nobel Peace prize laureate released from a Belarusian prison on December 13, during their meeting in Vilnius.<strong> &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler released 123 prisoners on December 13, most of them political opponents. More than 1,000 political prisoners remain behind bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour firmness, moral strength and unwavering commitment to human dignity, even during the darkest of times, inspire all of us,\u201d the president is quoted by his press office as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naus\u0117da urged the Belarusian government to end repression, hold free and fair elections and stop supporting Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja also took part in the meeting.<\/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\/12\/photo_2025-12-15_14-35-05-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-15_14-35-05-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-15_14-35-05-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-15_14-35-05-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-15_14-35-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-15_14-35-05.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                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Released activists speak with Ukrainian president, Lithuanian prime minister<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 15, Pozirk. Belarusian activists released from prison on December 13 and deported to Ukraine have held online meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117. \u201cUkraine will continue to help everyone who helps us defend &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168258\">\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 15,&nbsp;Pozirk. Lithuania has always supported Washington in its effort to secure the release of Belarus\u2019 political prisoners, President Gitanas Naus\u0117da told Ale\u015b Bialacki, a Nobel Peace prize laureate released from a Belarusian prison on December 13, during their meeting in Vilnius. &nbsp; The Belarusian ruler released 123 prisoners on December 13, most of them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":168272,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-168279","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>Naus\u0117da: Lithuania supports US effort to secure release of Belarus\u2019 prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 15,&nbsp;Pozirk. 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