{"id":57532,"date":"2023-12-26T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T12:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=57532"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-parties-hit-hard-by-purge-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/57532\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition parties hit hard by purge in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian democratic parties will not abandon politics despite being outlawed in 2023, politicians told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This liquidation was carried out by barbaric, unacceptable methods,&#8221; said U\u0142adzimir \u0160anca\u016d, acting chair of the United Civic Party (UCP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They [authorities] did not even talk to us on this topic, let alone discuss it. The authorities held some hearings and round tables attended by those who had nothing to do with the party life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UCP is now expanding its network abroad and has already set up a branch in Lithuania\u2019s Vilnius as well as offices in Belgium, Poland and Ukraine, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) has suspended operation in Belarus, yet its members who are in safety abroad continue the party\u2019s mission, a Hramada leader told <em>Pozirk<\/em> on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Dzianis Sado\u016dski, of Belarusian Christian Democrats, said he and his associates participate in campaigns abroad, such as promoting Belarusian language instruction at Polish schools. New members have joined the party, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have dissolved 11 opposition, loyalist and defunct alliances in the summer and fall: the Conservative Christian Party, Belarusian Patriotic Party, Belarusian Greens Party, Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada, Republican Party, Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord, Belarusian Popular Front, UCP, Belarusian Social Sports Party, Hramada and the Just World Party of the Left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Re-registration was granted to Bie\u0142aja Ru\u015b, a party of \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s supporters, the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus, Liberal Democratic Party and Republican Party of Labor and Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 26, Pozirk. Belarusian democratic parties will not abandon politics despite being outlawed in 2023, politicians told Pozirk. &#8220;This liquidation was carried out by barbaric, unacceptable methods,&#8221; said U\u0142adzimir \u0160anca\u016d, acting chair of the United Civic Party (UCP). &#8220;They [authorities] did not even talk to us on this topic, let alone discuss it. The authorities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-57532","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 parties hit hard by purge in 2023 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 26, Pozirk. 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