{"id":8298,"date":"2023-10-26T14:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=8298"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"dozens-of-latvians-arrested-and-charged-in-belarus-latvias-top-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/8298\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Latvians arrested and charged in Belarus \u2013 Latvia&#8217;s top diplomat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian authorities arrested and charged 25 Latvian nationals, Latvia&#8217;s Foreign Minister Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Kari\u0146\u0161 has told TV3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did not specify any other details but said that most of the cases are politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kari\u0146\u0161 called on Latvians not to travel to Belarus, stressing that Latvian authorities would not be able to assist their citizens because of a diplomatic breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier reports said 18 tourists from Latvia have been arrested in Belarus since April 2022, when Minsk introduced a visa waiver for Latvians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia closed the Silene checkpoint at the shared border with Belarus on September 19, citing a sharp rise in illegal crossing attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 745,000 residents of neighboring EU countries have visited Belarus taking advantage of visa waivers, including 466,466 Lithuanians, 55,428 Poles and 170,606 Latvians and 52,218 Latvia&#8217;s aliens. Aliens (nepilso\u0146i) is a special status given to former USSR citizens remaining in Latvia without any voting rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 26, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities arrested and charged 25 Latvian nationals, Latvia&#8217;s Foreign Minister Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Kari\u0146\u0161 has told TV3. He did not specify any other details but said that most of the cases are politically motivated. Kari\u0146\u0161 called on Latvians not to travel to Belarus, stressing that Latvian authorities would not be able to assist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":8468,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-8298","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dozens of Latvians arrested and charged in Belarus \u2013 Latvia&#039;s top diplomat | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 26, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities arrested and charged 25 Latvian nationals, Latvia&#039;s Foreign Minister Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Kari\u0146\u0161 has told TV3. 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