{"id":54039,"date":"2023-12-07T14:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54039"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"cichanouskaja-gets-bush-thatcher-award-for-freedom-dedicates-it-to-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54039\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja gets Bush-Thatcher Award for Freedom, dedicates it to political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 7, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has received the International Democratic Union&#8217;s Award for Freedom honoring the 41st US President George H. W. Bush and the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Cichano\u016dskaja&#8217;s top aid Franak Via\u010dorka told <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prize has also been awarded to two Belarusian center-right alliances whose leaders are in prison \u2013 the Belarusian Popular Front and the United Civic Party, Via\u010dorka said. &#8220;These parties are members of the International Democratic Union,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in Washington, Cichano\u016dskaja dedicated the prize to Belarusian political prisoners such as Ale\u015b Bialacki, Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, and Arciom Labied\u017aka. The award shows them that they are not forgotten, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians are persecuted for their political views, their love for their country, and their love for democracy and freedom, she added, outraged that all this is happening in the center of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bush-Thatcher award is given for outstanding contributions to the promotion of the values of democracy and human rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 7, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has received the International Democratic Union&#8217;s Award for Freedom honoring the 41st US President George H. W. Bush and the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Cichano\u016dskaja&#8217;s top aid Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk. The prize has also been awarded to two Belarusian center-right alliances whose leaders are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-54039","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 gets Bush-Thatcher Award for Freedom, dedicates it to political prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 7, Pozirk. 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