{"id":45232,"date":"2023-01-07T19:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lukasenka-keeps-threatening-emigre-opposition-with-criminal-persecution\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-keeps-threatening-emigre-opposition-with-criminal-persecution","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45232\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka keeps threatening \u00e9migr\u00e9 opposition with criminal persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 7, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> &#8220;Those who have fled Belarus today are turning to us by the thousands to be allowed back home,&#8221; Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka claimed on January 7 as he visited Minsk\u2019s St. Elisabeth Orthodox convent, whose leaders are widely criticized for advancing the Russian imperial agenda.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;We didn&#8217;t expel anyone from Belarus,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s press office quoted him as saying. &#8220;It&#8217;s their land as well as ours. But they were looking for a better life and they fled from here for various reasons. The time has come when we, the authorities, and I as head of state, and you, priests, all of our people, should take a step towards them.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t At the same time, \u0141uka\u0161enka made it clear that his political opponents would face criminal charges upon their return to Belarus unless they &#8220;repent.&#8221; &#8220;Everyone has to take responsibility for their actions,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am sure that deeply repentant people are among those who escaped and among those who are living with us today. People who have realized that they were wrong. They should not be marginalized.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Recently, \u0141uka\u0161enka has repeatedly claimed that political refugees were begging to return home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 7, BPN. &#8220;Those who have fled Belarus today are turning to us by the thousands to be allowed back home,&#8221; Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka claimed on January 7 as he visited Minsk\u2019s St. Elisabeth Orthodox convent, whose leaders are widely criticized for advancing the Russian imperial agenda. &#8220;We didn&#8217;t expel anyone from Belarus,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s press office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45232","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka keeps 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