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\n\n Mindaugas Kukaitis\n <\/div>\n \n
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June 12, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuanian lawyers and Belarusian activists held a rally in front of the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius yesterday to express solidarity with Belarusian lawyer Maksim Znak who has been held incommunicado since February 2023, defendersbelarus.org<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2021, Znak was given a 10-year prison term in connection with his involvement in banker Viktar Babaryka\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the rally, Mindaugas Kukaitis, chairman of the Council of Lithuanian Lawyers expressed concern about reports of ill-treatment of Znak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ja\u016dhien Pyl\u010danka, Znak’s defense attorney who was later disbarred in Belarus, praised Znak’s professionalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rally participants sang a song based on Znak’s poems translated into Lithuanian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human rights groups consider Znak and five other lawyers political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Lawyer says isolation of Belarus political prisoners a result of crackdown on attorneys<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 12, Pozirk. Lithuanian lawyers and Belarusian activists held a rally in front of the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius yesterday to express solidarity with Belarusian lawyer Maksim Znak who has been held incommunicado since February 2023, defendersbelarus.org reported. In September 2021, Znak was given a 10-year prison term in connection with his involvement in banker […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":90219,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-90230","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLithuanian lawyers stage rally in solidarity with jailed Belarusian colleague | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 12, Pozirk. 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