{"id":93758,"date":"2024-07-03T09:25:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T06:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93758\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-says-he-will-release-seriously-ill-political-prisoners-in-a-few-days","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93758\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka says to release seriously ill political prisoners in a few days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July<\/strong><strong> 3, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em> Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka announced yesterday that he would release \u201creally seriously ill\u201d opponents of the government from prison in a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be surprised that in a few days very seriously ill persons will be set free, as they [opposition media] write about them, these are our people who did not manage to flee and are held in prison, those who wrecked and broke the country to pieces in 2020,\u201d he said at an Independence Day ceremony. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of those to be released have cancer, he said without naming anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe approach and treat everyone as humans. A person in need, I believe, has no citizenship, and we must help them,\u201d his press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition leaders told the Helsinki Commission last month that 91 political prisoners were seriously ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryhor Kastusio\u016d, 66, leader of the outlawed Belarusian Popular Front serving a 10-year sentence, has cancer. Alaksandar Fiaduta, a veteran opposition politician sentenced to 10 years, has heart problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45176\/\">Regime critic Fiaduta admitted to prison hospital \u2013 reports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 3, Pozirk. Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka announced yesterday that he would release \u201creally seriously ill\u201d opponents of the government from prison in a few days. \u201cDon\u2019t be surprised that in a few days very seriously ill persons will be set free, as they [opposition media] write about them, these are our people who did not manage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":82708,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-93758","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka says to release seriously ill political prisoners in a few days | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 3, Pozirk. 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