{"id":179772,"date":"2026-03-17T18:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179772\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:26:09","slug":"belarus-police-detain-prominent-politician-statkievics-wife","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179772\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 police detain prominent politician Statkievi\u010d\u2019s wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Police in Belarus have detained Maryna Adamovi\u010d, the wife of Mika\u0142aj Statkevi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition politician, who was freed last month and is currently recovering from a stroke in Minsk, said in his Telegram channel that she was taken to a police station to give explanations regarding her trip to Prague to receive the Homo Homini award for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the ceremony on March 11, Adamovi\u010d read out Statkievi\u010d\u2019s acceptance speech, in which he stressed that imprisoned dissidents need to feel that they are not alone in their struggle and that the whole free world is on their side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician was arrested two months before the 2020 presidential election and then sentenced to 14 years in prison for allegedly staging the protests that took place after his arrest. The charges were widely seen as politically motivated. He was pardoned in September 2025 as part of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s deal with Washington. All freed people were taken to Lithuania, except for Statkievi\u010d, who refused to leave Belarus and remained at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border crossing for several hours, as confirmed by CCTV footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2025, the interior ministry informed his family members that he was taken back to prison to serve his original 14-year sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prison authorities stopped giving him necessary medications, replacing them with ineffective alternatives, Statkievi\u010d reportedly told his wife after his liberation in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 17, Pozirk. Police in Belarus have detained Maryna Adamovi\u010d, the wife of Mika\u0142aj Statkevi\u010d. 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