{"id":171814,"date":"2026-01-15T20:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171814\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"german-president-meets-with-belarusian-opposition-activist-maryja-kalesnikava","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171814\/","title":{"rendered":"German president meets with Belarusian opposition activist Maryja Kale\u015bnikava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><strong> 15,<\/strong><em> <\/em><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has met at the Bellevue Palace with Belarusian opposition activist Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, who was freed together with other 122 political prisoners last month. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is nice to see you free again and now healthy again,\u201d the German president said. Kale\u015bnikava, who moved to Germany after forced expulsion from Belarus, expressed hope that efforts will continue to free other political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all, \u0141uka\u0161enka released 123 prisoners, mostly his political opponents, on December 13 in a deal with Washington. Most of them were taken to Poland via Ukraine, while some 20 people went to Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/169022\/\">Recently freed Babaryka, Kale\u015bnikava arrive in Germany<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 15, Pozirk. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has met at the Bellevue Palace with Belarusian opposition activist Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, who was freed together with other 122 political prisoners last month. &nbsp; \u201cIt is nice to see you free again and now healthy again,\u201d the German president said. Kale\u015bnikava, who moved to Germany after forced expulsion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":171809,"template":"","rubric":[27,14],"class_list":["post-171814","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-germanynews","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>German president meets with Belarusian opposition activist Maryja Kale\u015bnikava | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 15, Pozirk. 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