{"id":45385,"date":"2023-01-18T19:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/france-condemns-trial-in-absentia-of-belarusian-opposition-leaders\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"france-condemns-trial-in-absentia-of-belarusian-opposition-leaders","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45385\/","title":{"rendered":"France condemns trial in absentia of Belarusian opposition leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 18, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The trial in absentia of \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and other members of the opposition in exile is another evidence of \u201cthe \u0141uka\u0161enka regime\u2019s systematic crackdown against the opposition,\u201d the French foreign ministry said on January 17.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cFrance reaffirms its support for the Belarusian people\u2019s peaceful democratic aspirations and denounces the government\u2019s policy of repression. We condemn the Belarusian authorities\u2019 relentless crackdown against the opposition candidates in the 2020 elections. We renew our call for a sincere, transparent dialogue between the Belarusian authorities and democratic forces, as well as the release of all political prisoners,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>It recalled that during her meeting with Cichano\u016dskaja in October 2022, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna had reiterated France\u2019s support \u201cfor the Belarusian opposition\u2019s struggle for democracy and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 18, BPN. The trial in absentia of \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and other members of the opposition in exile is another evidence of \u201cthe \u0141uka\u0161enka regime\u2019s systematic crackdown against the opposition,\u201d the French foreign ministry said on January 17. \u201cFrance reaffirms its support for the Belarusian people\u2019s peaceful democratic aspirations and denounces the government\u2019s policy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45385","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>France condemns trial in absentia of Belarusian opposition leaders | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 18, BPN. 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