{"id":68613,"date":"2024-02-21T12:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=68613"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ledniks-death-proves-inhuman-dimension-of-oppression-eu-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68613\/","title":{"rendered":"Lednik\u2019s death proves inhuman dimension of oppression \u2013 EU spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EU_Flag_POZ_Archive_1440-6581.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EU_Flag_POZ_Archive_1440-6581.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EU_Flag_POZ_Archive_1440-6581-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EU_Flag_POZ_Archive_1440-6581-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EU_Flag_POZ_Archive_1440-6581-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 21,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe tragic death of Ihar Lednik in prison proves inhuman dimension of [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s oppression,\u201d said Peter Stano, lead spokesman for the European Union\u2019s External Affairs Service, on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noting that Belarus\u2019 political prisoners are ill-treated and deprived of medical care, he pointed out that the regime will be held accountable for the deaths of opponents in prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>German MP Robin Wagener, leader of the Group for a Democratic Belarus, also reacted to the news, demanding the release of political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lednik, an activist of the now defunct Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), died in prison hospital of heart failure at 63.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 21,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0\u201cThe tragic death of Ihar Lednik in prison proves inhuman dimension of [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s oppression,\u201d said Peter Stano, lead spokesman for the European Union\u2019s External Affairs Service, on X. 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