{"id":46693,"date":"2023-05-02T18:21:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T15:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-receives-irish-international-peace-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-receives-irish-international-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46693\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja receives Irish international peace prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 2, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has received the Tipperary International Peace Award in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p> In her acceptance speech, the politician said that Belarus and Ireland were united by \u201cthe thirst for freedom.\u201d She thanked the organizers for their solidarity and stressed that she was receiving the prize \u201cfor millions of freedom-loving Belarusians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWith this award, they will know that they are not alone in their struggle,\u201d she said. \u201cAt the protests in Belarus, we were chanting: &#8216;We believe, we can, we will win&#8217;. Seeing how much support we get from you and from people around the world, I have no doubt about our victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Cichano\u016dskaja spoke about the ongoing reprisals&nbsp;and also recalled the peaceful protests of 2020, her adviser Franak Via\u010dorka told <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI want to dedicate this prize to all those, whose freedom was taken away. I dedicate this award to my husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, sentenced to a 19.5 years imprisonment. To my friend Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, 11 years imprisonment. To Viktar Babaryka, 14 years, Ihar \u0141osik, 15 years, Miko\u0142a Statkievi\u010d, 14 years. To the Nobel Peace Prize winner Ale\u015b Bialacki, 10 years imprisonment. To all the thousands of our political prisoners and to their families,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> She added that \u201cfor our regime every thought is political and every idea, a threat,\u201d so Belarusians \u201care beaten, humiliated and raped in horrible Soviet-era prisons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Cichano\u016dskaja stated that after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, \u201cthe suffering of political prisoners, and of nine million Belarusians, is joined by the suffering of Ukrainians.\u201d According to her, Ukrainians and Belarusians faced \u201cthe same enemy: the tyranny and imperialism of Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIn 2020 we were fighting for free and fair elections. Now we are fighting for the very existence of Belarus,\u201d the opposition leader stressed. She pointed out the Kremlin\u2019s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, and argued that by allowing this \u201c\u0141uka\u0161enka has traded our sovereignty for his own personal safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cBelarus is fighting for its life and we will do everything to bring victory closer,\u201d the politician stressed.<\/p>\n<p> Cichano\u016dskaja was announced as the recipient of the 2022 Tipperary International Peace Award on March 8. Martin Quinn, honorary secretary of Tipperary Peace Convention, said it was an expression of support for freedom of speech, association and assembly in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> The award\u2019s past recipients included South African President&nbsp;Nelson Mandela, US Senator Edward Kennedy, Pakistani female education activist Malala Yousufzai, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry.<\/p>\n<p>\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja is visiting Ireland on May 1-5. Her schedule includes meetings with President Michael Higgins and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has received the Tipperary International Peace Award in Ireland. In her acceptance speech, the politician said that Belarus and Ireland were united by \u201cthe thirst for freedom.\u201d She thanked the organizers for their solidarity and stressed that she was receiving the prize \u201cfor millions of freedom-loving Belarusians.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46693","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 receives Irish international peace prize | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 2, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has received the Tipperary International Peace Award in Ireland. 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