{"id":43885,"date":"2022-09-26T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T08:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/u-s-welcomes-release-of-rfe-rl-journalist-calls-for-release-of-all-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"u-s-welcomes-release-of-rfe-rl-journalist-calls-for-release-of-all-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43885\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. welcomes release of RFE\/RL journalist, calls for release of all political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>September 26, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The United States &#8220;welcomes the release of several political prisoners in Belarus\u0431 including Aleh Hru\u017adzi\u0142ovi\u010d, a <span>Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty<\/span> journalist,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/welcoming-the-release-of-political-prisoners-in-belarus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> State Department spokesperson Ned Price.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Price described the move as a &#8220;step in the right direction&#8221; and called for an &#8220;immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners&#8221; in Belarus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On September 21, Belarusian authorities released Hru\u017adzi\u0142ovi\u010d after almost nine months behind bars. The journalist was serving an 18-month prison sentence for alleged participation in protests, which he covered. Hru\u017adzi\u0142ovi\u010d left Belarus immediately and said he was pardoned despite insisting that he was not guilty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On September 24, authorities also released human rights defender Ta\u0107ciana \u0141asica, who was serving two and a half years in prison. She was freed early after spending a year and eight months behind bars.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t As of September 26, human rights defenders identified at least 1,344 political prisoners in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 26, BPN. The United States &#8220;welcomes the release of several political prisoners in Belarus\u0431 including Aleh Hru\u017adzi\u0142ovi\u010d, a Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty journalist,&#8221; said State Department spokesperson Ned Price. Price described the move as a &#8220;step in the right direction&#8221; and called for an &#8220;immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners&#8221; in Belarus. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43885","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. welcomes release of RFE\/RL journalist, calls for release of all political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 26, BPN. 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