{"id":535671,"date":"2026-04-22T15:33:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=535671"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:03:32","slug":"polish-president-meets-ales-bialiatski-in-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/polish-president-meets-ales-bialiatski-in-warsaw","title":{"rendered":"Polish President Meets Ales Bialiatski in Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Polish President <strong><b>Karol Nawrocki<\/b><\/strong> has met with Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Viasna Human Rights Center <strong><b>Ales Bialiatski<\/b><\/strong>. The meeting is currently taking place, Viasna <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/viasna96\/34649\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/viasna96\/34651\">exchanged<\/a> gifts. Bialiatski presented the president with books by Belarusian writers, while Nawrocki gave him a miniature depicting <strong><b>Tadeusz Ko\u015bciuszko<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-535671 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-535521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-535521'>\n\t\t\t\t\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: t.me\/viasna96\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-535520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-01-46-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-535520'>\n\t\t\t\t\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: t.me\/viasna96\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Polish presidential spokesperson <strong><b>Rafa\u0142 Le\u015bkiewicz<\/b><\/strong> posted a photo of the meeting on X.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>\u201cMeeting of the President of the Republic of Poland Karol Nawrocki with Belarusian human rights defender, a prisoner of Alyaksandr Lukashenka\u2019s regime, Ales Bialiatski\u201d<\/i><\/em>, he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeskiewiczRafa\/status\/2046930683352752538?s=20\">captioned<\/a> the image.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535530\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535530 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: x.com\/LeskiewiczRafa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is worth recalling that earlier today Bialiatski also met with Marshal of the Polish Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/bialiatski-meets-with-head-of-polish-senate\"><strong><b>Ma\u0142gorzata Kidawa-B\u0142o\u0144ska<\/b><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535511\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_15-13-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535511 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_15-13-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_15-13-13.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_15-13-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_15-13-13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_15-13-13-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: t.me\/viasna96<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535528\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-27-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535528 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-27-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-27-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-27-2-300x200.jpg 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-3-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: t.me\/viasna96<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535532\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-22_16-08-28-4-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: t.me\/viasna96<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish President Karol Nawrocki has met with Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Viasna Human Rights Center Ales Bialiatski. The meeting is currently taking place, Viasna reported. The two exchanged gifts. Bialiatski presented the president with books by Belarusian writers, while Nawrocki gave him a miniature depicting Tadeusz Ko\u015bciuszko. Polish presidential spokesperson Rafa\u0142 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":535668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e91b87d7a8a.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Polish President Meets Ales Bialiatski in Warsaw"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143239,143248],"class_list":["post-535671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-ales-beljackij","tag-polsha"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535671","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=535671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}