{"id":80103,"date":"2024-04-16T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T09:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/80103\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"canada-to-allocate-720000-for-belarus-independent-media","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/80103\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to allocate $720,000 for Belarus\u2019 independent media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 16, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Ottawa will allocate one million Canadian dollars ($720,000) to Journalists for Human Rights, Canada’s media development organization that helps Russian and Belarusian reporters combat disinformation, Canadian Foreign Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly told Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire amount has been earmarked to support Belarusian journalists, Cichano\u016dskaja’s aide Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joly reaffirmed Canada\u2019s commitment “to promoting freedom of speech and counter information manipulation and disinformation,” the Canadian government’s press office cited her as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja thanked Canada for introducing new sanctions against Belarusian officials involved in human rights abuse and asked to increase funding for projects supporting political prisoners, exiled Belarusians and cultural initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada is launching strategic bilateral consultations with the Belarusian pro-democracy forces, similar to the strategic dialogue with the United States, Via\u010dorka said. They will focus on sanctions, human rights protection and support for independent media, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting also focused on sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers, an upcoming Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland and keeping Belarus on the agenda during Canada’s G7 presidency in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja visited Canada on April 14 and 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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