{"id":170919,"date":"2026-01-08T18:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170919\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"bialacki-nobel-prize-protected-me","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170919\/","title":{"rendered":"Bialacki: Nobel prize protected me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1129\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5646.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5646.jpeg 1129w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5646-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5646-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5646-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5646-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(instagram.com\/nobelprise)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ale\u015b Bialacki, Belarus\u2019 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has visited the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo to pick up his Nobel certificate, <em>DW<\/em> reported citing <em>AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Nobel Peace Prize protected me. It protected me against other prisoners, but also against the prison guards and the prison leaders. . . The prize gave me a form of respect,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he was awarded the prize in 2022, he was still in prison\u2014 Bialacki was one of 123 prisoners exchanged by Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for US sanctions relief on Belarusian potash fertilizers on December 13. He was forced to leave the country and taken to Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was arrested along with his associates in July 2021 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of smuggling cash and financing mass disorder\u2014charges widely believed to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was also imprisoned from 2011 to 2014.<\/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\/2026\/01\/jonson_kuchinski_fb-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jonson_kuchinski_fb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jonson_kuchinski_fb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jonson_kuchinski_fb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jonson_kuchinski_fb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jonson_kuchinski_fb.jpg 1200w\" 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\u2019s aide commends former UK PM Johnson for support of Belarus\u2019 opposition<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 8, Pozirk. Dzianis Ku\u010dynski from the team of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday to discuss support for Belarus and Ukraine. The meeting also focused on the need for democracies to stay &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/170855\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 8, Pozirk. Ale\u015b Bialacki, Belarus\u2019 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has visited the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo to pick up his Nobel certificate, DW reported citing AFP. &#8220;The Nobel Peace Prize protected me. It protected me against other prisoners, but also against the prison guards and the prison leaders. . . The prize [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":170915,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-170919","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>Bialacki: Nobel prize protected me | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 8, Pozirk. 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