{"id":62766,"date":"2024-01-24T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=62766"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-leader-calls-for-global-reaction-to-mass-raids-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/62766\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader calls for global reaction to mass raids in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tihanovskaja-press-sluzhba-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0422\u0438\u0445\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tihanovskaja-press-sluzhba-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tihanovskaja-press-sluzhba-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tihanovskaja-press-sluzhba-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tihanovskaja-press-sluzhba-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tihanovskaja-press-sluzhba-1128-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja condemned the January 23 raids across Belarus that targeted political prisoners&#8217; families.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I call on the global community to respond decisively to this atrocity,&#8221; she said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 84 people were arrested yesterday, among them Maryna Adamovi\u010d, wife of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d currently serving a lengthy prison term in a politically-motivated case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the arrested were released later after signing non-disclosure agreements. The Committee for State Security (KGB) reportedly mentioned extremism-related charges. Authorities did not disclose the exact number of the arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the arrests may be linked to INeedHelpBY, an opposition initiative that helps reprisal victims buy food. On January 23, the KGB declared it an &#8220;extremist&#8221; group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers from the KGB and the Investigative Committee interrogated the arrested, asking questions about food parcels that relatives of political prisoners received via the Evroopt delivery service, sources told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities seized electronic devices from some of the arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 24, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja condemned the January 23 raids across Belarus that targeted political prisoners&#8217; families.&nbsp; &#8220;I call on the global community to respond decisively to this atrocity,&#8221; she said on X. At least 84 people were arrested yesterday, among them Maryna Adamovi\u010d, wife of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d currently serving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":62730,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-62766","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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 leader calls for global reaction to mass raids in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 24, Pozirk. 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