{"id":176140,"date":"2026-02-17T22:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"bysol-raising-funds-for-former-prisoner-sieviaryniec-to-resume-his-public-activities","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/","title":{"rendered":"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Radyjo Svaboda)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume his civil society activities, publish books and launch a YouTube channel following release from prison and expulsion from Belarus two months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a message on BySol\u2019s website, the 49-year-old Sieviaryniec says that he will inform Belarusians about developments in Belarus and around the world through his YouTube channel, record videos about the history and mentality of the Belarus and \u201corganize and support Belarusians abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sieviaryniec wrote several books behind bars and managed to share them with his family through letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is appealing for 7,000 euros for buying equipment, publishing his prison writings and drawings and organizing book launch events in Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pava\u0142 Seviaryniec, co-chairman of the now banned Belarusian Christian Democracy party, was arrested in June 2020 after an authorized signature-collection event in support of presidential hopeful \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. In May 2021, he was given seven years in prison on charges of preparing mass riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, authorities blacklisted him as a person \u201cinvolved in extremist activities\u201d and transferred him from a penal colony to prison. He and the other 122 designated political prisoners were released and transported to Ukraine and Lithuania on December 13, 2025 following a meeting between Aleksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and John Coale, the US special envoy to Belarus. Seviaryniec and his wife and son currently reside in Vilnius, Lithuania.<\/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\/severinets-vilnius-semja-20251227-tg-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets-vilnius-semja-20251227-tg-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets-vilnius-semja-20251227-tg-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets-vilnius-semja-20251227-tg-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets-vilnius-semja-20251227-tg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets-vilnius-semja-20251227-tg.jpg 1280w\" 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\">Former prisoner Sieviaryniec reunites with family in Vilnius<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 27, Pozirk. Opposition politician Pavie\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who was released on December 13 and taken to Lithuania, described his forced deportation from Belarus as a lawless practice in a video posted on his new Telegram channel. \u00a0&quot;I believe that we &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169772\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume his civil society activities, publish books and launch a YouTube channel following release from prison and expulsion from Belarus two months ago. In a message on BySol\u2019s website, the 49-year-old Sieviaryniec says that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":168746,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-176140","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>BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 17, Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 17, Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/\"},\"headline\":\"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-17T19:37:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/\"},\"wordCount\":249,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/\",\"name\":\"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-17T19:37:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"February 17, Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities | Pozirk","description":"February 17, Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities | Pozirk","og_description":"February 17, Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/"},"headline":"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities","datePublished":"2026-02-17T19:37:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/"},"wordCount":249,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/","name":"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-17T19:37:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","description":"February 17, Pozirk. The BySol solidarity fund has appealed for public donations to support opposition politician Pava\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who plans to resume","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/severinets_RS.jpg","width":960,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176140\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BySol raising funds for former prisoner Sieviaryniec to resume his public activities"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/176140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=176140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}