{"id":63129,"date":"2024-01-25T18:22:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=63129"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"council-of-europe-reiterates-call-on-minsk-to-release-all-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/63129\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of Europe reiterates call on Minsk to release all political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1127\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pejchinovich-burich-CE-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pejchinovich-burich-CE-1128.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pejchinovich-burich-CE-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pejchinovich-burich-CE-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pejchinovich-burich-CE-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pejchinovich-burich-CE-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Council of Europe)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> &#8220;I condemn in the strongest terms the latest reported wave of raids and arrests targeting relatives of political prisoners and former political prisoners in Belarus,&#8221; Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pej\u010dinovi\u0107 Buri\u0107 said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am particularly concerned by the deliberate targeting of individuals who have already suffered significant human rights violations because of political repression. 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