{"id":209311,"date":"2026-10-28T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209311\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:20:13","slug":"lukasenka-announces-amnesty-for-women","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209311\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka announces amnesty for women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 28, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alalsandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has instructed the interior ministry to draft a bill on amnesty, his press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWomen are at the heart of this upcoming act of humanity,&#8221;  the statement reads, describing the upcoming amnesty as &#8220;a chance to correct mistakes and atone for them through honest work, to return to a full life in society and to preserve families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past five years, three amnesties have been declared in Belarus, with the most recent in May 2025 timed to coincide with Victory Day. As many as 7,630 people were eligible, yet the program did not apply to convicted regime critics despite the calls from rights defenders.<\/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\/05\/tikhanovskaya-20260502-konfer-warsz-ST-kanal-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tikhanovskaya-20260502-konfer-warsz-ST-kanal-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tikhanovskaya-20260502-konfer-warsz-ST-kanal-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tikhanovskaya-20260502-konfer-warsz-ST-kanal-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tikhanovskaya-20260502-konfer-warsz-ST-kanal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tikhanovskaya-20260502-konfer-warsz-ST-kanal.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Dissident releases do not signal end of reprisals, opposition leader warns<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 3, Pozirk. Recent releases of regime critics in Belarus may create the illusion that the situation in Belarus is returning to normal, yet reprisals continue, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told a Belarusian diaspora conference in Warsaw yesterday. This &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/185991\">\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>October 28, Pozirk. Alalsandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has instructed the interior ministry to draft a bill on amnesty, his press office reports. \u201cWomen are at the heart of this upcoming act of humanity,&#8221; the statement reads, describing the upcoming amnesty as &#8220;a chance to correct mistakes and atone for them through honest work, to return to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94389,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-209311","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka announces amnesty for women | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 28, Pozirk. 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