{"id":86293,"date":"2024-05-21T13:32:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T10:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86293\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-leader-calls-for-support-of-political-prisoners-on-solidarity-day","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86293\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader calls for support of political prisoners on solidarity day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/politzakliuchennye_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/politzakliuchennye_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/politzakliuchennye_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/politzakliuchennye_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/politzakliuchennye_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/politzakliuchennye_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\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>May 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusians should prioritize helping jailed victims of politically-motivated reprisals, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said in her video address on the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who are free may consider joining support networks, donating to charity funds, holding solidarity events, helping human rights groups document reprisals and rights violations and sharing information via social media, she stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We may be tired and confused by the events around us but people behind bars sacrifice every day of their lives for a free Belarus,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja noted. &#8220;Today, you and I represent their voices and their hopes. We have no right to let our heroes down.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka sees people as &#8220;expendable material, which has no value&#8221; and this is the reason people keep dying behind bars, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus on May 21 commemorates Vitold A\u0161urak who died under unclear circumstances in prison on this day three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least five more political prisoners have died in in captivity since then: Mika\u0142aj Klimovi\u010d, Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin, Vadzim Chra\u015bko, Ihar Lednik and Alaksandar Kulini\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll political prisoners must be unconditionally freed and rehabilitated,\u201d said the European External Action Service in an X message marking the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_fb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polina_sharendo_panasiuk_fb_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0160arenda-Panasiuk may face new charges after serving prison term<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 21, Pozirk. Opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk was to be released today, but she is held at Homiel\u2019s pre-trial detention center, the Viasna Human Rights Center says, citing her husband Andrej \u0160arenda. The Investigative Committee reportedly arrested her for three &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/86280\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 21, Pozirk. Belarusians should prioritize helping jailed victims of politically-motivated reprisals, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said in her video address on the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus. Those who are free may consider joining support networks, donating to charity funds, holding solidarity events, helping human rights groups document reprisals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":70080,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-86293","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 support of political prisoners on solidarity day | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 21, Pozirk. 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