{"id":111467,"date":"2024-10-28T13:06:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T10:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111467\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-parties-urge-belarusians-not-to-risk-their-lives-during-2025-presidential-vote","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111467\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition parties urge Belarusians not to risk their lives during 2025 presidential vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Narodnaja Hramada, Belarusian Christian Democrats and Strana Dlya Zhizni (Country for Life) have issued a joint statement, calling on Belarusians to stay safe during the 2025 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not taking part in a farce! There are no grand slogans for a country that has plunged into darkness. Our call is to live. Every day, every minute, because that is the greatest value. . . Do not risk the most precious things,\u201d reads the statement posted by the Narodnaja Hramada party on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Belarusian pro-democracy forces called on supporters to protest the election \u201cby voting against all those who steal our right to vote\u201d to demonstrate a continued opposition to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and demand a free and fair election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus will hold its seventh presidential election from January 21 to 26, with the whole election cycle limited to just three months. The previous 2020 presidential race was marred by police brutality against peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, his supporter Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d and exiled opposition politician Juryj Hubarevi\u010d have already announced their bids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus lacks basic conditions for holding an election, which will be marked by \u201cfear and terror,\u201d Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka of the opposition transition cabinet warned last week.<\/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\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gubarevich_201608_Minsk_Pozirk_1128_DSC8197.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\">Exiled opposition politician announces presidential bid<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 28, Pozirk. Opposition politician Juryj Hubarevi\u010d has announced on Facebook that he has submitted paperwork to the central election commission.&nbsp; The exiled chairman of the outlawed Movement for Freedom wants to run president, but the commission is likely to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/111456\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 28, Pozirk. Narodnaja Hramada, Belarusian Christian Democrats and Strana Dlya Zhizni (Country for Life) have issued a joint statement, calling on Belarusians to stay safe during the 2025 presidential election. \u201cWe are not taking part in a farce! There are no grand slogans for a country that has plunged into darkness. 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