{"id":179718,"date":"2026-03-17T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179718\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:37:41","slug":"bialacki-discusses-support-for-belarusian-jailed-dissidents-with-czech-president","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179718\/","title":{"rendered":"Bialacki discusses support for Belarusian jailed dissidents with Czech president"},"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\/2026\/03\/bialiatski_pavel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bialiatski_pavel.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bialiatski_pavel-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bialiatski_pavel-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bialiatski_pavel-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bialiatski_pavel-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(The office of the Belarusian pro-democracy forces in Czechia)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 17, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ale\u015b Bialacki met with Czech President Petr Pavel yesterday in Prague to discuss assistance to the jailed Belarusian dissidents, the office of the Belarusian pro-democracy forces in Czechia reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bialacki stressed the importance of ongoing international support for Belarus\u2019 opposition, noting that sanctions are a critical tool for pressuring Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human rights defender also called for support for Belarusian civil society, independent media, and \u201call those who, despite brutal repression, continue to pursue a free future for their country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians do not support Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, and millions of them took to the streets to protest against the dictatorship in 2020, Bialacki noted. Despite remaining silent today out of fear, their yearning for freedom and European values endures, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bialacki was among 123 prisoners exchanged by \u0141uka\u0161enka in mid-December 2025 in exchange for United States sanctions relief on Belarusian potash fertilizers. He was forced to leave the country and taken to Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bialacki 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, charges widely believed to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rights defender was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, while he was still in prison.<\/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\/bialiacki_POZ_1128x752_20251213-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiacki_POZ_1128x752_20251213-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiacki_POZ_1128x752_20251213-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiacki_POZ_1128x752_20251213-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiacki_POZ_1128x752_20251213-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bialiacki_POZ_1128x752_20251213.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Bialacki calls for global attention to Belarus as reprisals intensify<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 12, Pozirk. Even amid global crises, Belarus must remain in the international spotlight as the country\u2019s human rights situation continues to deteriorate, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ale\u015b Bialacki stressed at a Belarus-themed discussion held yesterday in Geneva. Belarus needs &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179073\">\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>March 17, Pozirk. Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ale\u015b Bialacki met with Czech President Petr Pavel yesterday in Prague to discuss assistance to the jailed Belarusian dissidents, the office of the Belarusian pro-democracy forces in Czechia reported. Bialacki stressed the importance of ongoing international support for Belarus\u2019 opposition, noting that sanctions are a critical tool [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179652,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-179718","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 discusses support for Belarusian jailed dissidents with Czech president | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 17, Pozirk. 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