{"id":45709,"date":"2023-02-14T20:11:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-slams-closure-of-polish-border-crossing-for-individual-travelers\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-slams-closure-of-polish-border-crossing-for-individual-travelers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45709\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja slams closure of Polish border crossing for individual travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 14, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has told a Zoom press conference that her cabinet does not support restrictions on ordinary citizens\u2019 movement across the border.<\/p>\n<p> Asked about the closure of the Bierastavica-Bobrowniki border crossing, Cichano\u016dskaja stressed that she only supported the ban on lorries. \u201cOrdinary citizens should be able to leave and enter Belarus freely,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> Last week, Warsaw closed the major crossing until further notice, citing security interests.<\/p>\n<p>This came after a Belarusian court sentenced a reporter of Polish origin, Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut), to eight years\u2019 imprisonment. The Polish Sejm called the sentence \u201cthe culmination of the Belarusian authorities\u2019 repression against the Polish minority in Belarus that has been ongoing since early 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 14, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has told a Zoom press conference that her cabinet does not support restrictions on ordinary citizens\u2019 movement across the border. Asked about the closure of the Bierastavica-Bobrowniki border crossing, Cichano\u016dskaja stressed that she only supported the ban on lorries. \u201cOrdinary citizens should be able to leave and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45709","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\u016dskaja slams closure of Polish border crossing for individual travelers | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 14, BPN. 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