{"id":110780,"date":"2024-10-23T14:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110780\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"fear-and-terror-to-reign-during-belarus-presidential-vote-opposition-politician","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110780\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFear and terror\u201d to reign during Belarus\u2019 presidential vote \u2013 opposition politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus lacks basic conditions for holding presidential elections, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka of the opposition transition cabinet has commented on today&#8217;s decision by the Belarusian legislature to set the poll for January 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBelarus lives in an atmosphere of complete fear and terror, which makes impossible discussions of free registration of candidates or campaigning,\u201d he said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands of political prisoners remain behind bars, including former presidential hopefuls, independent media and opposition parties are banned while civil society has lost more than 1,700 NGOs, \u0141atu\u0161ka noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician called on democratic countries to take a stand on the upcoming election in Belarus amid the crackdown on regime critics continuing since the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has already launched his re-election campaign with rallies at agricultural fairs across Belarus.<\/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\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-8172-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-8172-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-8172-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-8172-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-8172-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-8172.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Elections<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Elections, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Presidential election set for January 26<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 23, Pozirk. Belarus will hold a presidential election on January 26, the country\u2019s legislature has announced. The poll will be held five months ahead of the deadline provided by the law. The election date is one month earlier than &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/110732\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 23, Pozirk. Belarus lacks basic conditions for holding presidential elections, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka of the opposition transition cabinet has commented on today&#8217;s decision by the Belarusian legislature to set the poll for January 26. \u201cBelarus lives in an atmosphere of complete fear and terror, which makes impossible discussions of free registration of candidates or campaigning,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":69786,"template":"","rubric":[36,14],"class_list":["post-110780","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-elections","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cFear and terror\u201d to reign during Belarus\u2019 presidential vote \u2013 opposition politician | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 23, Pozirk. 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