{"id":180827,"date":"2026-03-25T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:48:05","slug":"opposition-politician-on-freedom-day-belarusians-to-be-free-despite-regimes-course","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180827\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician on Freedom Day: Belarusians to be free despite regime\u2019s policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 25, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Freedom Day \u201cheralds that freedom will come to the Belarusian people,\u201d exiled opposition politician Paviel Sieviaryniec, released from prison in mid-December 2025, has told journalists in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The politician, along with several dozen Lithuania-based Belarusians, participated in a rally near the Lithuanian Seimas, tying white-red-white ribbons to the trees on Belarusian Democracy Alley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe [Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s] regime is very afraid of freedom. It fears the white-red-white flag like the devil fears holy water,\u201d Sieviaryniec commented on the recent threats that Belarusian officials issued in connection with Freedom Day celebrations abroad. Anyone involved in identifying and targeting exiled regime critics abroad should know that their own identities will be exposed, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sieviaryniec described \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s visit to North Korea on Freedom Day as symbolic of the regime\u2019s trajectory. \u201cThis is the course the current government is taking, with North Korea as its final destination,\u201d he warned. \u201cThey want to lead all Belarusian people down this path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main rally planned in Vilnius will take place in the evening at Luki\u0161k\u0117s Square, where Russian imperial authorities executed Belarusian national hero Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski in 1864, the politician noted. From there, participants plan a march to the Belarusian embassy to hold what Seviaryniec described as “a vigil of light.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Freedom Day events in Vilnius will conclude with a service at the Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and a concert by the Daj Darohu band, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrated on March 25, Freedom Day marks the 108th anniversary of the Belarusian independence proclamation. The current Belarusian government does not recognize Freedom Day as an official holiday. After the 2020 presidential election, any attempts to publicly celebrate anniversaries led to arrests, trials and jail terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state-run propaganda has been vocal in demonizing historical events related to the proclamation of the short-lived independence in 1918, banning all symbols linked to the first Belarusian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja announced that a Freedom Day rally will also take place in Warsaw on March 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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