Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a meeting with the EU heads of missions to the UN
On March 10, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held an online meeting in Geneva with the EU ambassadors to the UN. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya called on the EU countries to create a UN mechanism to investigate the human rights violations, torture, and ill-treatment of peaceful protesters in Belarus. She also expressed hope that the EU countries will support the […]
March 10, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to the U.S. Department of State Counselor: our goal is a free election this year
During her visit to Switzerland, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a phone call with Derek Chollet, the U.S. Department of State Counselor. This is the second official contact with representatives of the new US administration. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: – told about the latest trials against the journalists and activists in Belarus, the attack on the human rights center “Viasna,” […]
March 10, 2021
“Families should not be separated” – Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Natallia Hersche’s family
During her working visit to Switzerland, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the husband of political prisoner Natallia Hersche, Robert Stäheli, and daughter Violetta. During a warm meeting with Ms. Tsikhanouskaya, Mr. Stäheli said that his wife, a Swiss-Belarusian dual citizen, has always worried about Belarus. In September, Natallia came to Minsk because she could not stay away […]
March 10, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaia held a call with the Foreign Minister of Canada Marc Garneau
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a working call with Marc Garneau, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada. Mr. Garneau is the new minister appointed after François-Philippe Champagne, with whom Ms. Tsikhanouskaya met in Vilnius in October 2020 and, afterward, repeatedly discussed the situation in Belarus. In a conversation with Minister Garneau, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke about the […]
March 10, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the representatives of the Swiss government
In Bern, Switzerland, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the President of the Swiss National Council Andreas Aebi, the Head of the Human Security Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Simon Geissbühler, and members of the Swiss Foreign Affairs Committee. At the meetings, the democratic leader of Belarus: – thanked Switzerland for its […]
March 09, 2021
David Deane: «Christians of Belarus are responding in faith, hope, and love, to the need of the Belarusian people for freedom»
David Deane, Catholic theologian of Irish origin, associate professor at the Atlantic School of Theology (Halifax, Canada) gives an interview to the «Christian Vision» group of the Coordination Council. He talks about his encounter with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, shares his thoughts on the movement for democracy in Belarus and women’s political activism, and also explains why he […]
March 06, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s working visit to Portugal
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is in Lisbon with a working visit. Yesterday she held working meetings with Prime Minister António Costa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva, and other Portuguese politicians. During the meetings, the democratic leader of Belarus: thanked Portugal for support – from the beginning of August, Assembleia da República has adopted 3 resolutions in […]
March 06, 2021
Results of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to Finland
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is finishing her working visit to Finland. She had meetings with President Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto, President Emeritus of PA OSCE Ilkka Kanerva, former President Tarja Halonen, and Finnish Parliament representatives. During the meetings with Finnish politicians Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: – called on Finland to monitor […]
March 03, 2021
Weekly achievements roundup of the Sviatlana Tskihanouskaya’s Office – February 21-28
The creation of a center-based on BYPOL, a plan of help to Belarus, and calls with doctors, resistance leaders in residential areas, and volunteers. Results of the work of the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for the week of February 21-28 – At the initiative of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, BYPOL served as a base for creating a […]
March 01, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will visit Portugal and Switzerland on March 4-10
After Finland, on March 4-7, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will visit Portugal, which holds the EU Council's presidency as of January 2021. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya will have meetings with the Portuguese Prime Minister António da Costa, Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva, and José Manuel Barroso, former the President of the European Commission. On March 7-10, the leader of […]
February 28, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will visit Finland on March 1-4
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will visit Finland on March 1-4, 2021, to discuss the situation in Belarus and Finland's support of the Belarusian civil society. Leader of democratic Belarus will have meetings with President Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, and other Finnish government representatives. Honorary Chairman of the OSCE PA Ilkka Kanerva is […]
February 26, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s took part in the OSCE PA side event
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her advisers Franak Viacorka and Alexander Dabravolski took part in the online discussion “How to fight impunity for political repression in Belarus and Russia?” organized by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the OSCE and with the participation of the Delegation of the Republic of […]
February 25, 2021
Valery Kavaleuski to the law enforcement officers: “We are not supporters of sweeping lustrations and persecution of the innocent”
The head of the Cabinet of Tsikhanouskaya Valery Kavaleuski addressed to the law enforcement officers: “The fourth KGB department for the protection of the constitutional order has been completely dissolved. There are layoffs in the IC, OAC and even GUBOPiK. There is an active elimination of all central apparatus. And vacancies in the system are […]
February 19, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks at an online meeting dedicated to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took part in the meeting dedicated to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The event was also attended by the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus Anaïs Marin, Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, Matthew Jones, representative of Human Rights House Foundation, UN delegations including the United States and Great Britain, as […]
February 18, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at UN side event
“Dear Minister, Dear UN Special Rapporteur, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to speak in front of you. We gathered today because the human rights situation in Belarus is critical. And it is getting worse day by day. When we think that a new low point has been reached, a new wave of […]
February 18, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on the “trial” of Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Daria Chultsova
“Journalists Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Daria Chultsova were sentenced to 2 years in prison for one stream. But in the courtroom, they smile and hug each other. And look at the reaction of the security forcers. They hide their faces under masks and nervously order everyone to leave the room. So which one is in the […]
February 18, 2021
Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya about the “trial” of Viktar Babaryka
“Today, independent journalists came to the “trial” of Viktar Babarika to do their work. But they were turned down. Dozens of people wanted to get into the courtroom because the court declared open. But they were turned down. Babarika's lawyer Dmitry Laevsky demanded the recusal of the “judge” because his wife works in the bureau […]
February 17, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya appointed Alexander Shlyk as a Special Representative on Elections
Alexander Shlyk is an election expert. For the last 10 years, he has worked in the OSCE ODIHR elections department, since 2016 has been its head. As the head, he supervised the monitoring of all elections in the OSCE region. Helped countries to bring their electoral processes in line with international standards. Graduated from BSU […]
February 16, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya discussed the solution of the Belarusian crisis with Biden’s adviser and Lithuania’s Foreign Minister
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took part in an online event of The Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) in Lithuania. The discussion was devoted to Belarus's recovery from the crisis. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, Senior Director at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement Michael Carpenter, Director for Central and Eastern Europe at German Marshall Fund of the United States Jörg Forbrig took part in it. During […]
February 15, 2021
103 countries, including Russia, the United States and Poland. Results of the Day of Solidarity with Belarus
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Office, together with the diaspora and other initiatives, summed up the Day of Solidarity with Belarus. It was joined by more than 12,000 people from 103 countries from around the world. The top supporting countries are Russia, the United States, Poland, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The most unexpected marks on the solidarity map […]
February 14, 2021
Franak Viačorka answered questions from the bot @AskOffice_Bot
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's office publishes weekly results of the work. Besides, we launched the @AskOffice_Botbot where you can ask any question. Every week, members of Tsikhanouskaya's team will answer the most frequent questions from the bot. Advisor Franak Viačorka answers questions today: — How was the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus? — How does Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's […]
February 13, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Lukashenka’s People’s Assembly and Belarus’ victory strategy
“Over the last two days, all our fears have come true. Lukashenka showed what Belarus will be like with him. It is a terrible crisis. Total isolation. Crashing economy. And, as a consequence, a threat to sovereignty. But has this nomenclature meeting solved any of our problems? No. And that's why I don't want to […]
February 12, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: “Former President treats Belarus as a personal collective farm”
On February 11, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the international team of her Office, Head of the Cabinet and Representative for International Affairs Valery Kavaleuski, Representative for economic reforms Ales Alekhnovich, Representative for constitutional reform Anatoly Lyabedzka addressed the deputies of the inter-factional group “For a democratic Belarus” of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The meeting was organized […]
February 11, 2021
Support political prisoners students!
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “The pressure on students and teachers does not stop from the very beginning of the academic year. Teachers are dismissed, students are expelled, someone after that is taken into the army. Many have been behind bars for months. And who's imprisoned? The bravest, the most active, the most persistent. Imprisoned are those who […]
February 11, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke at the event of The Elcano Royal Institute
Today Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took part in the online discussion “Where is Belarus heading?“ of The Elcano Royal Institute in Spain, organized together with the Lithuanian and Polish governments. The event's topic was the situation in Belarus, the support of Europe and Spain in particular for democratic changes in the Belarusian society. In her welcoming speech, […]
February 10, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took part in an online hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament. Summary: – Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on Italy to be decisive and take tangible actions to help Belarusians in their peaceful struggle for fair elections. Italy can insist on the release of political prisoners and expand sanctions against Lukashenka's […]
February 10, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held an online meeting with OSCE representatives
The meeting was attended by Daniela de Ridder, Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Eastern Europe, and OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella. Summary: – Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told about the terrible conditions of detention in Belarusian prisons and urged the OSCE to take action. – Special Representative Daniela de Ridder stated that the situation in […]
February 08, 2021
Politicians of dozens of countries supported the Day of Solidarity with Belarus
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya proclaimed February 7 the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus. It marked 6 months since the start of Belarusians' peaceful protests after the rigged elections in August 2020. Today, the whole world has expressed support for the people of Belarus. Statements of European politicians Ambassadors of EU diplomatic missions met with families of […]
February 07, 2021
Universal Jurisdiction: First Application against Belarusian Security Forces Filed in the Czech Republic
The suspect is the chief of Hrodna riot police Viktar Kravtsevich. February 7 was decided to apply as on that day, the whole world participated in the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's adviser Alexander Dabravolski thanked the Czech Republic for accepting and arranging the treatment of the affected Belarusians. Now they will […]
February 07, 2021