{"id":54737,"date":"2023-12-11T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54737"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-politician-pledges-to-push-for-sanctions-against-belarus-olympic-committee","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54737\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician set to push for sanctions against Belarus\u2019 Olympic committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to invite individual athletes from Belarus and Russia to the 2024 Paris Olympics is not surprising, exiled politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Anti-Crisis Management\u2019s (NAM) strategy in the field of sports diplomacy remains unchanged, its head added, noting that admission to the Olympics should be used for negotiations to secure the release of Belarusian political prisoners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141atu\u0161ka called on the international body to enforce targeted personal sanctions against athletes linked to militarized structures and sports officials who are responsible for politically-motivated persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NAM is seeking the suspension of the Belarusian National Olympic Committee and ways to optimize sanctions against the national sports federations responsible for human rights abuse, the politician said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pledged to support Belarusian athletes who became targets of reprisals in Belarus. The NAM will seek the admission of &#8220;free Belarusian athletes&#8221; to the Olympics and other international competitions, he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 8, the IOC announced that it will allow individual neutral athletes from Belarus and Russia to participate in Paris 2024. No Russian or Belarusian officials will be invited to or accredited, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes who &#8220;actively support&#8221; the Russian war against Ukraine will not be eligible, just as athletes and support personnel who are contracted to the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus was banned from nearly all international competitions after Minsk allowed Russian troops to invade Ukraine from the country\u2019s territory in February 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 11, Pozirk. The decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to invite individual athletes from Belarus and Russia to the 2024 Paris Olympics is not surprising, exiled politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka has told Pozirk. The National Anti-Crisis Management\u2019s (NAM) strategy in the field of sports diplomacy remains unchanged, its head added, noting that admission to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-54737","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>Opposition politician set to push for sanctions against Belarus\u2019 Olympic committee | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 11, Pozirk. 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