Mutual assistance and support
– Volunteers of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Office sent 1000 postcards to political prisoners. Any Belarusian who wants to become a volunteer can fill in a form on the website.
– Volunteers of the Office had a call with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Franak Viacorka, her Senior Advisor. On such calls, the Office representatives speak about the plans, discuss the assistance for Belarusians, and elaborate on the pressure on the regime. Also, Tsikhanouskaya's team told how any Belarusian can help collect evidence of crimes and violations on the part of civil servants, managers at enterprises, and other accomplices of the regime. This information can be used when the sanctions lists are compiled.
– Ms. Tsikhanouskaya had a meeting with Pavel Latushka and other representatives of the National Anti-Crisis Management. They discussed the common strategy and coordinated their efforts.
– The leader of democratic Belarus held a meeting with the Workers' Movement activists. They discussed an arrangement to create a strike fund. Every working Belarusian may join the Workers' Movement.
– Ms. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya discussed with the representatives of BYPOL, a union of the former Belarusian law enforcement officers, how to inform people about the Peramoga Plan and the need to collect evidence of the regime's crimes. Also, they talked about how to ensure the work of the Situational Analytical Center and protect activists and journalists, considering that the intelligence services are constantly attacking them.
– Ms. Tsikhanouskaya took part in a rally of the Belarusian Diaspora in Warsaw. They began with a moment of silence in memory of the deceased Andrei Zeltser. Then, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya answered questions from Belarusians. You can watch the recording of the stream at Euroradio.
International work
– Ms. Tsikhanouskaya met with the representatives of the Venice Commission and requested their opinion on the People's Constitution draft. She also shared that the democratic forces were preparing an electoral system reform and clarified whether the Venice Commission could help with its expertise and assess the drafts.
– Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya had a working visits to France and Poland. In Warsaw, she had a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Chief of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Michal Dworczyk, and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. Subscribe to Ms. Tsikhanouskaya's YouTube channel to stay informed about her latest visits.
– Anatoli Liabedzka, Ms. Tsikhanouskaya's Representative for Parliamentary Cooperation and Constitutional Reform, held a meeting with Kent Härstedt, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parliament. At the meeting, they discussed the formation of the “For Democratic Belarus” group in the Riksdag and how it can support the people of Belarus.
– Ms. Tsikhanouskaya spoke at the Warsaw Security Forum. She commented on the tragedy that happened in Minsk on September 28, talked about the relations between Belarus and Russia, and told about the new Belarus. Her full speech is here.
– The European Parliament adopted a new resolution on Belarus. It calls to support the democratic forces, ban the Belarusian KGB officers from entering the EU, and impose new sanctions on the regime. Read the full text of the resolution here.
– The UN Security Council held hearings on Belarus. The speakers discussed the fact of the regime’s air piracy, the situation with political prisoners in Belarus, the rigged presidential election, and pointed out that the regime uses migrants to pressure the EU. The Baltic countries, Ukraine, Japan, Czech Republic, Denmark, Canada, Australia were among the participants and organizers. Read more here.
– Ms. Tsikhanouskaya gave interviews on the situation in Belarus to AP News, Belsat (one, two, three), Nasha Niva, Monocle, Le devoire, Courrier d’Europe centrale (France), Asahi (Japan), Onet Wiadomosci, Tvn24 (Poland) (one, two), Iran-TV Int.
