{"id":528017,"date":"2026-03-24T17:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=528017"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:54:36","slug":"bialiatski-kalesnikava-kizim-among-14-honored-by-united-transitional-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/bialiatski-kalesnikava-kizim-among-14-honored-by-united-transitional-cabinet","title":{"rendered":"Bialiatski, Kalesnikava, Kizim Among 14 Honored By United Transitional Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The United Transitional Cabinet has awarded 14 individuals with the Cross of Freedom, the Francysk Skaryna Medal, the \u201cHonor and Dignity\u201d medal, the \u201cFor Fruitful Work for the Benefit of Belarus\u201d medal, and the \u201cUnconquered\u201d medal (named after Larisa Heniush).<\/p>\n<p>The laureates were nominated by civil society organizations and activists and approved by the Awards Commission under the United Transitional Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate <b>Ales Bialiatski<\/b> was awarded the Cross of Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Politician, scholar, and public figure <b>Alyaksandr Milinkevich<\/b> received the Francysk Skaryna Medal.<\/p>\n<p>Public activist, military figure, and statesman <b>Siarhei Bahukalets<\/b> was awarded the \u201cHonor and Dignity\u201d medal.<\/p>\n<p><b>Maria Kalesnikava<\/b> will receive the \u201cUnconquered\u201d medal for personal courage and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFor Fruitful Work for the Benefit of Belarus\u201d medal was awarded to Ukrainian diplomat and former Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus <b>Ihor Kizim<\/b>, Ukrainian political scientist <b>Yevhen Mahda<\/b>, Ukrainian church historian <b>Oleh Turii<\/b>, Belarusian writer <b>Sviatlana Kurs<\/b>, military chaplain of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine <b>Yevhen Orda<\/b>, Belarusian and British biblical scholar <b>Karalina Matskevich<\/b>, Belarusian theater actress <b>Krystsina Drobysh<\/b>, theater and film actor <b>Ihar Sihau<\/b>, Belarusian poet, writer, and presenter <strong>Valyaryna Kustava<\/strong>, and Belarusian actor and presenter <b>Siarhei Chub<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Transitional Cabinet has awarded 14 individuals with the Cross of Freedom, the Francysk Skaryna Medal, the \u201cHonor and Dignity\u201d medal, the \u201cFor Fruitful Work for the Benefit of Belarus\u201d medal, and the \u201cUnconquered\u201d medal (named after Larisa Heniush). The laureates were nominated by civil society organizations and activists and approved by the Awards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":528016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69c2b3c1e90b8.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Bialiatski, Kalesnikava, Kizim Among 14 Honored By United Transitional Cabinet"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143127,143090],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society","category-politics"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}