{"id":110878,"date":"2024-10-23T21:07:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110878\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lukasenka-claims-willing-to-consider-pardon-for-kalesnikava","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110878\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka claims he is willing to consider pardon for Kale\u015bnikava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 23, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka claims that he is willing to consider a potential petition for pardon from Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, his jailed opponent who has been in the spotlight since she underwent surgery two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If there is such an appeal from Kale\u015bnikava, I will definitely consider it,” he told the BBC<\/em> on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia, according to his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked why Kale\u015bnikava is being held incommunicado, \u0141uka\u0161enka said her father had visited her and the rest of the family “may not be interested.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, Kale\u015bnikava managed the campaign of presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka and teamed up with \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja after his arrest. Kale\u015bnikava was sentenced to 11 years in prison in September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2024, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women called for an end to Kale\u015bnikava’s incommunicado detention. It urged the Belarusian government to immediately give Kale\u015bnikava access to a defense attorney and let her communicate with her relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kale\u015bnikava has been held incommunicado for more than 560 days, while her family members are forced to seek news about her from current and former inmates, her sister Ta\u0107ciana Chomi\u010d said last month. Prison wardens are slowly murdering Kale\u015bnikava by denying her the diet she needs and by restricting communication with her family, Chomi\u010d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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