{"id":580029,"date":"2026-09-23T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=580029"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:29:49","slug":"finland-to-allocate-e100-000-to-help-belarusian-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/finland-to-allocate-e100-000-to-help-belarusian-political-prisoners","title":{"rendered":"Finland To Allocate \u20ac100,000 To Help Belarusian Political Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Finland will contribute an additional \u20ac100,000 to the International Humanitarian Fund, which finances assistance to people affected by repression in Belarus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/tsikhanouskaya\/9765\">Tsikhanouskaya\u2019s Office reported<\/a> this following meetings between <strong>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/strong>, Finnish Foreign Minister <strong>Elina Valtonen<\/strong> and Foreign Ministry State Secretary <strong>Pasi Rajala<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is Finland\u2019s second contribution to the International Humanitarian Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also addressed further efforts to secure the release of political prisoners, the security situation in Belarus and the risks of the country being drawn further into the war against Ukraine. Tsikhanouskaya and Finland\u2019s Foreign Ministry State Secretary also discussed issues affecting Belarusians in Finland, including expired passports, documents and legalisation.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI thank Finland for its consistent solidarity with Belarusians. It is especially important that this support is translated into concrete assistance to people \u2014 political prisoners, those released and families affected by repression. We must be prepared for new releases in advance so that a person leaving prison immediately receives the necessary support,\u201d<\/em> Tsikhanouskaya said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_579950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579950\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-579950 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-23_10-03-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-23_10-03-38.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-23_10-03-38-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-23_10-03-38-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-23_10-03-38-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-23_10-03-38-1198x800.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-579950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tsikhanouskaya\u2019s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finland will contribute an additional \u20ac100,000 to the International Humanitarian Fund, which finances assistance to people affected by repression in Belarus. Tsikhanouskaya\u2019s Office reported this following meetings between Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and Foreign Ministry State Secretary Pasi Rajala. This is Finland\u2019s second contribution to the International Humanitarian Fund. The meeting also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":580028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6ab38e006a6dc.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Finland To Allocate \u20ac100,000 To Help Belarusian Political Prisoners"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143172],"class_list":["post-580029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-svetlana-tihanovskaja"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580029","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=580029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580030,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580029\/revisions\/580030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}