{"id":99046,"date":"2024-08-04T19:57:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T16:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99046\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"medals-of-the-unconquered-awarded-at-vilnius-conference","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99046\/","title":{"rendered":"Medals of the Unconquered awarded at Vilnius conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Thirteen people have been awarded Medals of the Unconquered (\u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 Medals) for their outstanding service to the Belarusian people in its struggle for human rights and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\/07\/medal_nepokorennyh_opk_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/medal_nepokorennyh_opk_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/medal_nepokorennyh_opk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/medal_nepokorennyh_opk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/medal_nepokorennyh_opk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/medal_nepokorennyh_opk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        File photo        <span>(UTC press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The award ceremony took place at the New Belarus Conference 2024 in Vilnius today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The medals were awarded to human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka, bloggers Alaksandar Kabana\u016d and Siarhiej Piatruchin, researcher Valeryja \u010carnamorcava, and activists D\u017amitryj Furmana\u016d, Alesia Bunievi\u010d, Natalla Hersche and A\u0142ana Hiebremaryjam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The names of the other four were withheld for security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, head of the United Transitional Cabinet (UTC), congratulated the laureates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja had established Medals of the Unconquered on July 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poems by \u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 (1910\u20131983) became widely known during a brief period of national revival in Belarus in the 1990s. However, in August 2023 authorities labeled her &#8220;Selected Works\u201d as &#8220;extremist content.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1935 until her arrest by the Soviet secret services in 1948, Hieniju\u0161 served in the exiled government of the Belarusian National Republic. She did time in Soviet labor camps on charges of helping the &#8220;international bourgeoisie&#8221; and membership in &#8220;anti-Soviet organizations,&#8221; and was released in 1956. In modern-day Belarus, justices have rejected public appeals for her rehabilitation. She is buried in Zelva, Hrodna region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 4, Pozirk. Thirteen people have been awarded Medals of the Unconquered (\u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 Medals) for their outstanding service to the Belarusian people in its struggle for human rights and democracy. The award ceremony took place at the New Belarus Conference 2024 in Vilnius today. 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