Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya congratulated Maryia Kalesnikava on her birthday
“Today, Maryia, whom we all love, celebrates her birthday. I remember her eyes, full of determination, confidence, and enthusiasm when we first met in the summer of 2020. Her eyes looked the same in the video from the trial. Maryia was smiling, dancing, and showing us that she never regretted her decision for a second. […]
April 24, 2022
Results of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to the Netherlands: security guarantees for Belarus, support for Belarusian volunteers and medics in Ukraine
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya completed her working visit to the Netherlands. Within the visit, she met with King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands, Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Minister of Defence Kajsa Ollongren, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Parliament. Dzianis Kuchynski, Senior Foreign Affairs Officer at Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office, held meetings at the Ministry of […]
April 24, 2022
Valery Kavaleuski met with Belarusian diaspora activists in Ukraine
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Representative Valery Kavaleuskidiscussed with the diaspora: – Belarusians’ bank accounts, which are blocked in Ukraine; – migration and legalization issues, documents validity; – recognition of Belarus as an occupied territory and delegitimization of Lukashenka; – awareness-building work with Ukrainian society; – formal status for Belarusian volunteers; – support for Belarusian volunteers defending Ukraine.
April 24, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 23
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 23. Sabotage The Hajun project has observed no fighter flights or missile launches from Belarus on April 23. Still, the project keeps monitoring the movements […]
April 24, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 22
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 22. Sabotage The Hajun project, which monitors the movements of Russian troops in Belarus, released an operational summary for April 22. Also, the Hajun project […]
April 22, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited an organization in the Netherlands that purchases ambulance cars for Ukraine
Ukrainians and Belarusians volunteer for Zeilen Van Vrijheid. The organization has already donated 25 ambulance cars and one fire truck to Ukraine, with dozens more being prepared for delivery. Some of the vehicles have been fully arranged for and financed by Belarusians. Dzmitry Zhaleznichenka, a Belarusian working for the organization, explained to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya how […]
April 22, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke at the Clingendael Institute
On April 23, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, which advises the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the government on foreign policy. The national leader of Belarus joined a discussion of experts on Belarus, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, as well as media representatives covering issues of […]
April 22, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with human rights defenders in the Netherlands to discuss shelters for Belarusians in European countries
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a meeting with Dutch human rights organizations cooperating with Belarus: the Dutch Helsinki Committee, Amnesty International, Justice and Peace, and Libereco. At the meeting, they discussed: – changing the criteria for the recognition of political prisoners in Belarus. The current criteria deny the status to many of those participating in the resistance […]
April 22, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 21
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 21. Sabotage The Hajun project, which monitors the movement of Russian troops in Belarus, released an operational summary for April 21. Also, the Hajun project […]
April 22, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s acceptance speech at the Four Freedom Awards ceremony
“Your Majesties King, Queen and Princess, Your Excellency Prime Minister, dear hosts, distinguished guests and friends of Belarus, It is with great humility and honour that I accept the Four Freedoms Award today. I know this Award goes to the thousands of fighters against tyranny in Belarus and around the world. I want to share with you […]
April 21, 2022
Representatives of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office started a visit to Kyiv
Today, April 21, Valery Kavaleuski, Head of the OST Cabinet, and other representatives of the Belarusian democratic forces handed over vehicles, equipment, and humanitarian aid delivered from Lithuania to the Kastus Kalinouski battalion. “We are convinced that these vehicles will serve well in defense of Ukraine and the liberation of Belarus. This would not be […]
April 21, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 20
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 20. Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians The Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation, Belarusian feminists and activists released a guide in Ukrainian and Russian on support for […]
April 21, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 19
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 19. Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians Tsimur Mitskevich, 16, had been tortured by Lukashenka's security forces after participating in peaceful protests in August 2020. He […]
April 20, 2022
Valery Kavaleuski and other members of democratic forces will have a working visit to Ukraine
Valery Kavaleuski commented on the visit of Belarusian democratic forces to Ukraine: “When I visited Ukraine last time, I was surprised to find out that Belarusians do not have a strong voice and presence here. Therefore, we are now considering the establishment of the permanent office of our democratic forces in Kyiv to maintain regular […]
April 19, 2022
How to address the war in Ukraine in schools? Anti-War Marathon
On April 22 at 5 pm Belarus (GMT+3) will be held third webinar as part of the Anti-War Marathon, which is hosted by The Giessen Centre for Eastern European Studies (GiZo) at Justus Liebig University Giessen. At the webinar experts will discuss how to address the war in Ukraine in schools. Panelists: – Petro Gerasim, Ph.D. in history, history teacher in a private […]
April 19, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 18
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 18. Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians The BYSOL Foundation donated 40 kits with equipment, uniforms and shoes formed by the Prague Support Team и Kirill […]
April 18, 2022
Chernobyl 2022: How did this happen, and how should nuclear safety approaches change?
On April 21 at 5 pm Belarus (GMT+3) Research Center of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Office (OST Research Center), the Oxford Belarus Observatory (OBO) and GLOBSEC think tank in cooperation with NGO Ecohome (Belarus) will hold a jointly convened expert webinar where they will discuss what is happening at Ukraine's nuclear power plants during the war, how […]
April 18, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for the week of April 11-17
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and the Belarus regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement for the week of April 11-17. Resistance Partisans of the “Busly Laciac” group (“Storks Flying”) successfully carried out actions in the Smolensk and Bryansk regions (Russian Federation), destroying […]
April 17, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 16
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 16. Resistance Belarusians paint anti-war graffiti, expressing their protest to the war on the streets of different cities. Support for Ukrainians and Belarussians The Belarus Kalinouski Battalion expresses […]
April 16, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 15
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 15. Resistance Partisans of the “Busly Liatsiats” group (“Storks Flying”) successfully carried out actions in the Smolensk and Bryansk regions (Russia), destroying several SCB relay […]
April 15, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 14
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 14. Resistance Residents of the Chkalauski district in Minsk put up an anti-war poster and painted graffiti “Glory to Ukraine”. Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians […]
April 14, 2022
When will Poland start issuing humanitarian residence permits to Belarusians? The outcomes of the new working group session at the Polish Interior Ministry
The new session of the Polish Interior Ministry working group, which includes Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Office, Center for Belarusian Solidarity, and National Anti-Crisis Management representatives, took place on April 14. The Ministry confirmed the adoption of proposed amendments to the current legislation. It’s presumed that humanitarian residence permits and humanitarian visas will be issued to all Belarusian citizens […]
April 14, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Vilnius Mayor
Today Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius held a working meeting. Head of the Belarusian Council of Culture Aliaksandr Chahouski also joined the meeting. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya thanked the Mayor for the active support of Belarusians for a year and a half now, namely for practical help to relocatees, multiple solidarity actions in the […]
April 14, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 13
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 13. Today it became known that a Belarusian volunteer, Dzmitry Rubasheuski, tragically died in a battle in Ukraine. Back in 2015, he came to defend […]
April 13, 2022
The first webinar was held within the Anti-War Marathon “What should we talk about to end the war in Ukraine?”
On April 8, 2022, the European Humanities University held the first webinar within the Anti-War Marathon “What should we talk about to end the war in Ukraine?” The Marathon was initiated by humanities scholars from different countries and is addressed to a wide audience. The coordinator of the marathon and moderator of the discussion is Sviatlana […]
April 13, 2022
What Belarusians think about the war and Anti-war movement in Belarus
On April 14 at 5 pm Vilnius (GMT+3) Research Center of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Office (OST Research Center), the Oxford Belarus Observatory (OBO) and ZOiS Center (Berlin) supported by GCRF COMPASS project will hold a jointly convened expert webinar where they will discuss how do Belarusians understand and perceive the war of Russia against Ukraine and what is the Anti-war […]
April 13, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 12
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 12. Resistance Volunteers of the Kalinouski Battalion continue to defend the independence of Ukraine. Residents of the Loshitsa district in Minsk held an action against […]
April 12, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for April 11
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement on April 11. Resistance Partisans of Minsk held an anti-war picket. The new volunteers of the Kastus Kalinouski battalion which fights for Ukraine continue their intensive training […]
April 11, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for the week of April 4-10
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and the Belarus regime. Read the Manifest. Here is an overview of the Movement for the week of April 4-10. Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians The BYSOL Foundation sent seven more new vehicles to Ukraine. Two ambulances and an evacuation […]
April 10, 2022