{"id":68345,"date":"2024-02-20T14:04:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=68345"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-opens-polling-stations-for-early-voting","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        A banner in Minsk says every vote matters.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(1prof.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the National Assembly and the local councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government organized the elections in an environment of fear and reprisals, human rights activists said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, police and internal troops tightened security, providing round-the-clock duty at all polling stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main election day is February 25, but the central election commission allowed voters to go to the polls earlier without explaining why Sunday is inconvenient for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has not held a single free and fair election by standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe since 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, Pozirk. Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the National Assembly and the local councils. The government organized the elections in an environment of fear and reprisals, human rights activists said. Yesterday, police and internal troops tightened security, providing round-the-clock duty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":68298,"template":"","rubric":[38],"class_list":["post-68345","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-elections"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus opens polling stations for early voting | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 20, Pozirk. Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 20, Pozirk. Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1128\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/\"},\"headline\":\"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-20T11:04:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/\"},\"wordCount\":115,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/\",\"name\":\"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-20T11:04:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"February 20, Pozirk. Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg\",\"width\":1128,\"height\":752},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting | Pozirk","description":"February 20, Pozirk. Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting | Pozirk","og_description":"February 20, Pozirk. Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1128,"height":752,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/"},"headline":"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting","datePublished":"2024-02-20T11:04:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/"},"wordCount":115,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/","name":"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-20T11:04:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","description":"February 20, Pozirk. Belarusian election officials this afternoon opened polling stations for early voting in the elections for the lower house of the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vybory-minsk-1prof.by-1128-1.jpg","width":1128,"height":752},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68345\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Belarus opens polling stations for early voting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/68345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=68345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}