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November 12, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian pro-democracy leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, before the European Political Community summit in Dublin, Ireland, on November 12, discussing support for Belarusian media and civil society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja and von der Leyen discussed maintaining and strengthening European assistance programs for independent Belarusian media, human rights defenders, civil society, cultural initiatives, young people, and those affected by repression, the Belarusian politician\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja played up the role of the independent media, which \u201creach millions of Belarusians every year\u201d and of human rights defenders, who \u201cprotect people from persecution.\u201d She stressed that cultural figure to \u201cpreserve national identity,\u201d and that youth and educational programs nurture pro-European Belarusians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja thanked the European Union for its continued support for Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces and its assistance to Ukraine in defending itself against Russia. She stressed that the futures of Belarus and Ukraine are closely intertwined, and that a free and independent Belarus would make all of Europe safer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

November 12, Pozirk. Belarusian pro-democracy leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, before the European Political Community summit in Dublin, Ireland, on November 12, discussing support for Belarusian media and civil society. Cichano\u016dskaja and von der Leyen discussed maintaining and strengthening European assistance programs for independent Belarusian media, human […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":83281,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-211621","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCichano\u016dskaja\u00a0discusses support for Belarusian media, civil society with European Commission president | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 12, Pozirk. 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