{"id":44738,"date":"2022-12-02T12:01:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T09:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanoukaja-discusses-efforts-to-secure-release-of-belarusian-political-prisoners-at-osce-meeting\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanoukaja-discusses-efforts-to-secure-release-of-belarusian-political-prisoners-at-osce-meeting","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44738\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dkaja discusses efforts to secure release of Belarusian political prisoners at OSCE meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 2, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Belarusian opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has discussed the plight of political prisoners with Helga Schmid, secretary general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), her foreign policy adviser Franak Via\u010dorka told BPN.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The politician discussed efforts to secure the release of Belarus\u2019 political prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ale\u015b Bialacki.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The meeting took place on the sidelines of the December 1-2 OSCE foreign ministers meeting in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Poland.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Cichano\u016dskaja also talked to Roberto Montella, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly secretary general, and had brief meetings with the foreign ministers of Lithuania, Estonia, Austria, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, and &#8220;some other countries that did not want to publicize the meeting,&#8221; Via\u010dorka said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t She had talks with the Moldovan foreign minister Nicu Popescu ahead of her planned trip to Moldova in the first half of 2023.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Cichano\u016dskaja also &#8220;crossed paths&#8221; with Andrej Dapkiunas, Belarus\u2019 envoy to the OSCE who represented the authorities, Via\u010dorka noted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The opposition leader spoke at a panel on Belarus organized by Estonia and the United States with the support of 37 OSCE member countries. She urged the OSCE to seek access to political prisoners, demand the withdrawal of Russian troops from Belarus, and invoke the Moscow Mechanism to investigate Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Michael Carpenter, the US envoy to the OSCE, said that the proposed steps would be considered and implemented, Via\u010dorka added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has discussed the plight of political prisoners with Helga Schmid, secretary general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), her foreign policy adviser Franak Via\u010dorka told BPN. The politician discussed efforts to secure the release of Belarus\u2019 political prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maryja [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44738","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\u016dkaja discusses efforts to secure release of Belarusian political prisoners at OSCE meeting | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 2, BPN. 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