{"id":52286,"date":"2023-11-29T22:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=52286"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"demand-access-to-over-100-prisoners-in-critical-condition-cichanouskaja-urges-envoys","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/52286\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand access to over 100 prisoners in critical condition, Cichano\u016dskaja urges envoys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has met with envoys of democratic countries in Vilnius to urge them to demand access to Belarusian political prisoners, her top aide Franak Via\u010dorka told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<br><br>Cichano\u016dskaja noted that Belarusian authorities detain, torture or imprison up to 20 people a day. Prisoners are held incommunicado in harsh conditions. More than 100 are in critical condition. Several people have died over the past year, including artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin. There are rumors that politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d is also dead.<br><br>The democratic opposition leader said that she had not received any news about her jailed husband, Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, since March and did not know if he was alive. Relatives of political prisoners Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, Viktar Babaryka, Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk and many others are also in the dark.<br><br>&#8220;I am begging for your help. I ask you and your capitals to demand access to political prisoners publicly, demand their immediate release, and call on UN institutions to pay attention to this situation. Without pressure and international attention, the regime will continue killing our people behind bars,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja said.<br><br>According to Via\u010dorka, she also mentioned yesterday&#8217;s searches under a Coordination Council case, including in the Belarusian apartments of her close ally Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, senior political advisor Alaksandar Dabravolski, and press secretary Hanna Krasulina.<br><br>She asked for continued support for political prisoners, Belarusian democratic institutions, civil society, and the media. &#8220;I always say: supporting them \u2013 supporting us \u2013 is not charity, it is an investment in Europe&#8217;s safe future. Please keep Belarus in focus. Because the situation in the country is far from stable, and different things might happen in 2024,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja said.<br><br>According to Via\u010dorka, the meeting with Cichano\u016dskaja was attended by diplomats from 28 countries, including Armenia, Moldova, Hungary, Israel, and Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 29, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has met with envoys of democratic countries in Vilnius to urge them to demand access to Belarusian political prisoners, her top aide Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk. Cichano\u016dskaja noted that Belarusian authorities detain, torture or imprison up to 20 people a day. Prisoners are held incommunicado in harsh conditions. 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