{"id":44302,"date":"2022-10-31T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-aide-belarusians-totally-defenseless-cant-reach-out-to-international-institutions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-aide-belarusians-totally-defenseless-cant-reach-out-to-international-institutions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44302\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja aide: Belarusians totally defenseless, can\u2019t reach out to international institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>October 31, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Belarusians are now \u201cabsolutely defenseless in terms of protecting their rights,\u201d Franak Via\u010dorka, an adviser to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has told reporters in Vilnius.<\/p>\n<p> He was commenting on Belarus\u2019 withdrawal from the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The withdrawal blocked citizens from filing individual complaints with the UN about their rights being violated.<\/p>\n<p> Via\u010dorka said Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s team raised the issue with the office of the UN\u2019s rights commissioner, the Human Rights Council, and the office of the world\u2019s top diplomat, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Alaksandr] \u0141uka\u0161enka deliberately protects himself, tries to eliminate&nbsp;possible tools of influence and pressure on him,\u201d Via\u010dorka said. \u201cBelarusians are absolutely defenseless now: Belarusian courts are under the control of the regime; Belarusians cannot appeal to any international institution that would be able to stand up for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 31, BPN. Belarusians are now \u201cabsolutely defenseless in terms of protecting their rights,\u201d Franak Via\u010dorka, an adviser to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has told reporters in Vilnius. He was commenting on Belarus\u2019 withdrawal from the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The withdrawal blocked citizens from filing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44302","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>Cichano\u016dskaja aide: Belarusians totally defenseless, can\u2019t reach out to international institutions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 31, BPN. 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