{"id":199261,"date":"2026-08-08T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199261\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:13:35","slug":"belarusians-abroad-should-form-activist-groups-spring-loaded-to-return-politician-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199261\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusians abroad should form activist groups spring-loaded to return, politician says"},"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\/08\/severinec_knb_transliacija_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/severinec_knb_transliacija_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/severinec_knb_transliacija_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/severinec_knb_transliacija_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/severinec_knb_transliacija_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/severinec_knb_transliacija_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(New Belarus Conference 2026 \/ Still by Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 8,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Belarusians living abroad should form teams of 20 to 30 people ready to use a window of opportunity to descend on large Belarusian cities to organize demonstrations or elections or conduct reforms, opposition politician Pavie\u0142 Sieviaryniec said during the New Belarus Conference in Warsaw on August 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sieviaryniec said that pro-democracy forces should identify cities with the largest populations of Belarusian emigrants originating from the same regions and prepare those people for action. \u201cIf you and I are ready to take responsibility for Belarus, God will give Belarus to us,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sieviaryniec stressed the need for Belarusians to speak the Belarusian language and called for the establishment of a \u201creal national university,\u201d dismissing European Humanities University in Vilnius as falling short of this definition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pavel Sieviaryniec is a co-founder of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party. 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