{"id":145637,"date":"2025-07-07T18:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145637\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"cichanouskaja-discusses-political-prisoners-with-lithuanian-german-presidents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145637\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja discusses political prisoners with Lithuanian, German presidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Gitanas Naus\u0117da shaking hands with Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Office of \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 7, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Vilnius yesterday to discuss continuing joint efforts to secure the release of Belarusian political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja and her husband Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski attended a reception hosted by Naus\u0117da on Lithuanian Statehood Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cOver the past five years, Lithuania and Germany have repeatedly demonstrated that they are true friends of the Belarusian people. Today, they continue to support democratic changes, help political prisoners and work with us to ensure the safety of Belarusians in exile,\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja said, according to her press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are deeply grateful to Lithuania and Germany for their support. This solidarity is not only about politics. It is about humanity, values and faith in a free Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 7, Belarusian human rights organizations said that 1,155 documented political prisoners remained in Belarusian prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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