{"id":45914,"date":"2023-03-01T16:26:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/us-embassy-vocies-support-for-cichanouskaja-others-tried-in-absentia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"us-embassy-vocies-support-for-cichanouskaja-others-tried-in-absentia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45914\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy vocies support for Cichano\u016dskaja, others tried in absentia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>March 1, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The US Embassy in Belarus has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbBy\/status\/1630615985853022225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">expressed<\/a> support for opposition activists who are being tried in absentia. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cProsecutors want exorbitant prison terms for \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, Volha Kavalkova, Siarhiej Dyle\u016dski and Maryja Maroz because of their courageous work to promote a democratic, sovereign, stable Belarus,\u201d it tweeted on February 28. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThey are the architects of Belarus\u2019 tomorrow. We stand by their side,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p> At the in absentia trial in Minsk on February 27, a prosecutor requested that Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and her deputy chairman in the opposition\u2019s cabinet, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, be sentenced to 19 years in prison each.<\/p>\n<p>In the prosecutor\u2019s opinion, Coordination Council presidium members Volha Kavalkova and Siarhiej Dyle\u016dski, as well as Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s former campaign manager Maryja Maroz, should be sentenced to 12 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 1, BPN. The US Embassy in Belarus has expressed support for opposition activists who are being tried in absentia. \u201cProsecutors want exorbitant prison terms for \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, Volha Kavalkova, Siarhiej Dyle\u016dski and Maryja Maroz because of their courageous work to promote a democratic, sovereign, stable Belarus,\u201d it tweeted on February 28. \u201cThey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45914","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>US Embassy vocies support for Cichano\u016dskaja, others tried in absentia | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 1, BPN. 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