{"id":170238,"date":"2025-12-31T21:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170238\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"washington-to-continue-diplomatic-efforts-to-free-belarusian-dissidents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170238\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington to continue diplomatic efforts to free Belarusian dissidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gosdep_USA_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gosdep_USA_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gosdep_USA_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gosdep_USA_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gosdep_USA_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gosdep_USA_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 31, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Washington is open for additional engagement with Belarus &#8220;that advances US interests and will continue to pursue diplomatic efforts to free remaining political prisoners in Belarus,&#8221; a US State Department spokesperson has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official described the release of 123 Belarusian dissidents on December 13 as another constructive step towards improving the US-Belarusian relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Much more remains to be done, and we hope to see continued progress. We will continue to explore opportunities for pragmatic engagement with Belarus where it is in the United States\u2019 interest to do so,&#8221; the message reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of December 31, human rights defenders identified at least 1,131 political prisoners in Belarus, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\"> 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\">Rights defender appeals to Trump administration to secure release of all Belarus\u2019 political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 22,&nbsp;Pozirk. U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender released and expelled from his country on December 13, has appealed to US President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to continue its effort to secure the release of more than 1,000 remaining &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169260\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 31, Pozirk. Washington is open for additional engagement with Belarus &#8220;that advances US interests and will continue to pursue diplomatic efforts to free remaining political prisoners in Belarus,&#8221; a US State Department spokesperson has told Pozirk. 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