{"id":168541,"date":"2025-12-17T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168541\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-acknowledges-solidarity-for-recently-released-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168541\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader acknowledges solidarity for recently released prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja acknowledged the solidarity of Belarusians after they raised more than \u20ac250,000 in just a few days for the recently released dissidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am very happy for those who will soon be able to hug their relatives, friends and loved ones,&#8221; she said on Telegram. &#8220;We remember that there are still more than one thousand political prisoners behind bars and continue to work for the liberation of people and our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese days have once again proven that Belarusians have not forgotten. . . &nbsp;and once again shown that together we are strong,\u201d the politician stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of today, the BySol fundraiser has collected nearly \u20ac254,000 to assist freed dissidents who were forced to leave Belarus. Most of them are now in Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fundraiser was launched on December 13, after the release of 123 people was negotiated at talks between Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and John Coale, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy for Belarus.<\/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\/10\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_screen_TG_ST-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_screen_TG_ST-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_screen_TG_ST-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_screen_TG_ST-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_screen_TG_ST-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_screen_TG_ST.png 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja thanks Ukraine for welcoming freed Belarusian regime critics<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 16, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja expressed gratitude to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following the Ukrainian leader&#039;s video call with the recently released Belarusian dissidents who were taken to Ukraine on December 13. &quot;In the darkest times, Ukraine &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168362\">\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 17, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja acknowledged the solidarity of Belarusians after they raised more than \u20ac250,000 in just a few days for the recently released dissidents. \u201cI am very happy for those who will soon be able to hug their relatives, friends and loved ones,&#8221; she said on Telegram. &#8220;We remember that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-168541","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 acknowledges solidarity for recently released prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 17, Pozirk. 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