{"id":44803,"date":"2022-12-07T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-mass-arrests-in-belarus-are-humanitarian-disaster\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-mass-arrests-in-belarus-are-humanitarian-disaster","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44803\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja: mass arrests in Belarus are humanitarian disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 7, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Belarusian opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dsklaja described mass arrests of dissenters in Belarus as a humanitarian disaster at her December 6 meeting with diplomats in Stockholm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t She met with the heads of diplomatic missions of Australia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy, Macedonia, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, the UK, Uruguay, the USA, and other countries, her foreign policy adviser Franak Via\u010dorka told BPN.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarusian authorities arrested more than 350 people in November alone, Cichano\u016dsklaja stressed. She urged foreign diplomats for assistance in facilitating access to political prisoners and to investigating the crimes of Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The opposition leader also discussed support for Belarusian civil society with Johan Forssell, Sweden\u2019s minister for international development cooperation and foreign trade. She stressed that the families of political prisoners and victims of the politically-motivated crackdown should receive funds that were channeled to authorities before aid freeze in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 7, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dsklaja described mass arrests of dissenters in Belarus as a humanitarian disaster at her December 6 meeting with diplomats in Stockholm. 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