{"id":4483,"date":"2023-09-07T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=4483"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"german-president-our-thoughts-are-with-maryja-kalesnikava","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/4483\/","title":{"rendered":"German president: &#8220;Our thoughts are with Maryja Kale\u015bnikava&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 7,\u00a0<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Our thoughts are with Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and many others who are in prison in Belarus just because they called for justice, and freedom, and democracy,&#8221; German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an address to &#8220;Belarusian dictator \u0141uka\u0161enka,&#8221; as quoted by his office on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It pointed out that the Belarusian opposition activist has spent three years behind bars for allegedly threatening national security. Ahead of the 2020 presidential vote, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and her allies Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and Vieranika Capka\u0142a run a successful campaign, according to the post. Shortly after the election, Kale\u015bnikava was arrested under unclear circumstances and later sentenced to 11 years, Steinmeier&#8217;s office recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her health is deteriorating, and she has been barred from phone calls, correspondence and visits since mid-February, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steinmeier was in Belarus in June 2018 to attend, together with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, the opening of a memorial to Nazi victims. He met with Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his associates during the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The German president has met with Cichano\u016dskaja several times after she disputed the official result of the 2020 presidential election and was forced to leave her country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 7,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0&#8220;Our thoughts are with Maryja Kale\u015bnikava and many others who are in prison in Belarus just because they called for justice, and freedom, and democracy,&#8221; German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an address to &#8220;Belarusian dictator \u0141uka\u0161enka,&#8221; as quoted by his office on social media. 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