Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 21
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 21. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians A rally in support of Ukraine was held in Krakow. Hrodna actors and actresses staged and performed “The Play that Didn't Took […]
June 22, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s address at the plenary session of PACE, 2022
“Dear President Kox, Secretary General Burić, Minister Coveney, Minister Haavisto, Honourable Members of the Assembly, Today we speak about Senator Klich's report on the role of the Council of Europe. It made me think of the man who first publicly proposed the creation of this very organization to unite Europeans around their democratic values: Sir […]
June 21, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech for the Kalinouski Conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, 2022
“Dear ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Anna Fatyga and Zygis Pavilionis for organizing the 4th Kalinouski conference. Thank you on behalf of Belarusians for standing with us. I was in Brussels yesterday. My team told me that Joachim Lelevel, famous history professor at Vilnius University, lived there in exile in the 1830s. […]
June 21, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to Brussels: working group on visas and migration for Belarusians, the creation of the Friends of Free Belarus parliamentary group
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is on a working visit to Brussels. At the beginning of the day Ms. Tsikhanouskaya met with the Speaker of the Belgian Parliament Eliane Tillieux. The Speaker expressed her admiration and support to the Belarusians who continue their struggle in spite of repression. The leader of democratic Belarus proposed the Speaker and other […]
June 20, 2022
European Parliament will hold the Kalinowski Conference on June 21
On June 21, the European Parliament will hold the Kalinowski Conference in Brussels. The discussion will focus on the future of a democratic Belarus as part of the European family and in the context of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The conference is organized by the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the European Parliament, and the ECR […]
June 20, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for the week of June 13-19
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement for the week of June 13-19. Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushka, the Coordination Council and other representatives of the democratic forces sent a joint letter to […]
June 20, 2022
Facilitating migration, issuing visas for Belarusians, supporting Belarus’ European perspective: results of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to Portugal
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held working meetings with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Parliament Speaker Augusto Santos Silva, Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Sérgio Paulo Sousa Pinto, and Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas. She also met with Belarusians of Portugal. Here is what they discussed at the meetings: Facilitating migration […]
June 19, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Belarusians of Portugal
During the working visit to Portugal, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Belarusians. Officially about 700 Belarusians have residence permits in Portugal, but this figure may be much higher: many Belarusians who were in Ukraine before the war are relocating to Portugal. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya called on Belarusians in Portugal to keep Belarus on the agenda, told about […]
June 18, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with former US President Barack Obama in Copenhagen
“We had a very warm chat. Barack said I need to meet with Michelle Obama and expressed his admiration for our work and all Belarusians. We spoke a lot about Belarus. I talked about Belarusian activists, journalists, and the recent crackdown on trade union leaders and partisans. Needless to say, we discussed the war in […]
June 18, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 17
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 17. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians Belarusians have created a manual for women who have suffered from violence during war, occupation, or in prison. Aquarium band leader Boris […]
June 18, 2022
Valery Kavaleuski held meetings in Kyiv to discuss bilateral relations and tackle issues faced by Belarusians
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’ Office is working to solve the following issues: Frozen bank accounts of Belarusian citizens. Valery Kavaleuski held a meeting with the leadership of the National Bank of Ukraine to discuss the issue. A large group of Belarusians have already been released from restrictions and regained access to their accounts. The problem is not […]
June 17, 2022
EU candidates and European perspective for Belarus. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Belarusian democratic forces sent a letter to the EU leadership
His Excellency Charles Michel President of the European Council Brussels, Belgium Dear Mr. President, The European Union Member States and governing bodies will soon decide on the applications to grant the EU candidate status to three new states: Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. We urge the EU and all its members to approach this process with […]
June 17, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 16
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 16. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians A Belarusian woman organized a co-working space in Berlin for war refugees. A demonstration was held outside the Vilnius office of the European Commission […]
June 17, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya had another round of private conversations with Belarusians today
“Today we again had private conversations with Belarusians. People from Belarus, Ukraine and other countries called. Thank you very much for your ideas and suggestions, I have heard a lot of useful information. A lot of people have been asking how else they can be useful for Belarus. All of them will get feedback. I […]
June 16, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 15
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 15. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians On 19 June at 16:00, a special training will start at the Center of the Belarusian Solidarity on how to correctly stop […]
June 16, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the opening ceremony of the Francophone Center in Vilnius, 2022
“Ambassador Everard, Ambassador De Lacoste, Professor Ignatov, First of all, let me express my gratitude to France for supporting Belarus's civil society and democratic changes in our country. For many years, you supported Francophone Theater Festivals & Campus France. For many years, you invested in young Belarusians, who participated in exchanges and traveled to France. […]
June 15, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Belarusians are a nation of creators, who know how to build something new and defend their own”
“During a working visit to Denmark, I met Sasha Avdzevich, a man about whom one certainly would not say that he is limited in abilities. In Lida and Minsk he opened Inclusive Barista coffee shops, where coffee is made only by people with disabilities. Now he continues in Denmark what he has started in Belarus. […]
June 15, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 14
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 14. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians The DAR Initiative and the Dapamoga NPO purchased and handed over 50 tourniquets for the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. […]
June 15, 2022
Promote Belarusian content and remove propaganda. Meetings of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office with Meta, TikTok and Google
With a TikTok representative, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Office will discuss promoting Belarusian content and supporting Belarusian bloggers and media. The Office will be collecting proposals and reports from Belarusians to forward them to TikTok. At the meeting with Google, the Office talked about the following issues. The first is that YouTube bans the Belarusian language. It […]
June 14, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 13
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 13. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians Svetlana Alexievich received the Jiří Theiner Prize for the freedom of speech and dedicated it to the writers of Ukraine. The BYSOL […]
June 14, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for the week of June 6-12
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement for the week of June 6-12. Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians Denmark's Foreign Minister assured Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya that Denmark will resume issuing visas to Belarusians. The Danish Foreign Ministry has […]
June 13, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 10
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 10. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians Latvian President Egils Levits reinforced Latvia's support for Belarusians' desire to become part of the European and democratic world. Latvia will continue […]
June 11, 2022
Danish Foreign Minister to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “We will resume issuing visas to Belarusians”
Ms. Tsikhanouskaya thanked Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod for the invitation and support from the Danish government. She spoke on the persecution of trade union leaders in Belarus and the authorities' attempts to shut down all trade unions. “We need to act decisively. The persecution of trade unions is unprecedented and requires a response from the […]
June 10, 2022
Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for June 9
Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime. Here is an overview of the Movement on June 9. Support for Belarusians and Ukrainians Through a series of Sports for Ukraine auctions, the Tribune raised more than $100,000 for Ukraine, which was immediately turned into real […]
June 09, 2022
Legal status for Belarusian volunteers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and residence permits for Belarusians in Ukraine: Valeriy Kavaleuski discussed acute issues with Anton Herashchenko
Today Valeriy Kavaleuski, the head of the Cabinet of Tsikhanouskaya’s Representatives, met in Kiev with Anton Herashchenko, advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. During the conversation, the most pressing issues that Belarusians have faced since the beginning of the war with Russia were raised – the extension and issuing of temporary residence […]
June 09, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya thanked Julie Fisher for her work and support for Belarusians
“Today Julie Fisher has announced that she is leaving the post of U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus and I want to thank her very much for her work. She truly understands and shares the feelings of Belarusians – this was evident from the very moment we met. Ms. Fisher was meeting with the families of political […]
June 09, 2022
“Belarusians cannot be isolated”. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the President of Latvia
Today, June 9, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the President of Latvia Egils Levits. The leader of democratic Belarus thanked the President for participating in rallies of solidarity with Belarus and for Latvia's non-recognition of Lukashenka's regime and support of democratic forces in all international arenas. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya explained why it is important to continue issuing […]
June 09, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the Saeima of the Latvian Republic, 2022
Today, on June 9th, the second day of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's official visit to Latvia has begun. She spoke at the plenary session of the Latvian Parliament in Riga. The text of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech: “Dear Madam Chairman, Dear deputies, Dear Ministers, Dear friends, For me, as for the majority of Belarusians, Latvia isn’t an alien […]
June 09, 2022
Results of the first day of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to Latvia
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya completed the first day of her official visit to Latvia. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Riga at the invitation of Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs and the Latvian Parliament. The day began with raising the national Belarusian white-red-white flag over the Town Hall in Riga with Mayor Mārtiņš Staķis. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya met with the […]
June 08, 2022