{"id":204326,"date":"2026-09-18T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/204326\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:50:08","slug":"media-manager-alaksandrau-happy-to-find-belarusian-journalism-alive-after-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/204326\/","title":{"rendered":"Media manager Alaksandra\u016d happy to find Belarusian journalism alive after prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alexandrov-20260916-POZ.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alexandrov-20260916-POZ.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alexandrov-20260916-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alexandrov-20260916-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alexandrov-20260916-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alexandrov-20260916-POZ-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Media manager Andrej Alaksandra\u016d, freed two days ago in Minsk&#8217;s deal with Washington, thanked Belarusian journalists for staying in the profession and keeping Belarusian journalism alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalist made the statement at a conference on Belarusian media taking place today in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 15 media workers are held behind bars in Belarus, said Andrej Bastuniec, chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), which organized the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandra\u016d also thanked those who had supported him and his family during the years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know most of you, all my friends, colleagues and the people I worked with at the BAJ and <em>BelaPAN<\/em>,\u201d he said. \u201cIt made me realize every day that everything was okay, people were working, things were moving forward, so that I could calmly stack pallets [in prison] and didn\u2019t have to worry about anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe world hasn\u2019t ended for us, and we aren\u2019t ending, because we have each other. . . Bars are just a convention; they\u2019re just circumstances. But we\u2019re stronger than circumstances because we\u2019re together\u2014we\u2019re really great and awesome. I really enjoy being around normal people\u2014at least those with hair on their heads,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 16, the 25 Belarusian regime critics were taken to Lithuania following talks between Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and John Coale, US special envoy for Belarus, in exchange for Washington lifting sanctions against Bie\u0142lesbumpram and \u0141akafarba, Belarusian producers of wood products and paints, respectively.<\/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\/2026\/09\/25uznikov_collage_pozirk-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/25uznikov_collage_pozirk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/25uznikov_collage_pozirk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/25uznikov_collage_pozirk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/25uznikov_collage_pozirk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/25uznikov_collage_pozirk.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> The Viewer<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">The Viewer<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Prisoner release falls short of expectations, but US-Belarus engagement likely to continue<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Belarus transferred 25 political prisoners to Lithuania on September 16, far fewer than anticipated. Although a larger deal has not materialized, engagement between Minsk and Washington continues, with US officials expecting more dissidents to be freed in the near future. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/longreads\/204230\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18, Pozirk. Media manager Andrej Alaksandra\u016d, freed two days ago in Minsk&#8217;s deal with Washington, thanked Belarusian journalists for staying in the profession and keeping Belarusian journalism alive. The journalist made the statement at a conference on Belarusian media taking place today in Vilnius. 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