Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė
At the meeting with the Prime Minister, Ms. Tsikhanouskaya: – thanked the Lithuanian government for its firm position on the regime and support for Belarusians. From February 1, Lithuania stops transit of Belarusian potash, which should affect the regime's “wallets”; – emphasized the need to continue economic pressure on the regime amidst ongoing repression within […]
January 31, 2022
Announcement of the main meetings of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for the week of January 31 – February 6
On Monday at 15:00 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will meet with Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Simonyte. Among the topics of conversation are regional security, the termination of transit (Lithuania stops transit from February 1), the affairs of Belarusians in Lithuania. On Wednesday, S. Tsikhanouskaya gives an interview to CNN. On Thursday at 13:00, S. Tsikhanouskaya will […]
January 31, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a call with Belarusian athletes and the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation ahead of the Olympics
The head of Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation (BSSF) Aliaksandra Hierasimenia, the foundation’s executive director Aliaksandr Apeikin, as well as basketball player Katsiaryna Snytsina, former senior coach of the Vityaz handball club Kanstantsin Yakauleu, track athlete Andrei Krauchanka, gymnast Siamion Bukin joined the call. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya opened the call by thanking Hierasimenia for appealing to Belarusians, […]
January 29, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a call with Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Michael O’Leary shared the latest information on the Ryanair plane hijacked by the regime. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya urged Mr. O’Leary to publicly support the demands of Belarusians to further investigate the incident, which was a planned operation to arrest an opponent. They also discussed the US indictment against two KGB officers and two […]
January 29, 2022
Digest of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office on Education and Science, January 2022 / Issue 1
The Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya launches the ASVETA information digest on the latest events and initiatives in education and science. The digest will cover a variety of aspects in thе area: repressions and the regime’s policy, on the one hand, and new international opportunities and relevant independent projects, on the other. The digest targets people […]
January 28, 2022
Digest of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office on Education and Science, January 2022 / Issue 1
The Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya launches the ASVETA information digest on the latest events and initiatives in education and science. The digest will cover a variety of aspects in thе area: repressions and the regime’s policy, on the one hand, and new international opportunities and relevant independent projects, on the other. The digest targets people […]
January 28, 2022
Anatoli Liabedzka and Alexander Shlyk spoke at PACE hearings on constitutional reform
On January 25, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Special Representative on Elections Alexander Shlyk and Representative for the Constitutional Reform and Parliamentary Cooperation Anatoli Liabedzka took part in the PACE closed hearings in Strasbourg. The hearings were also attended by representatives of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, which specializes in the analysis of national legislation, […]
January 28, 2022
“As the regime is withholding the evidence, it is responsible for deliberate obstruction of the investigation”. Sviatlana Tsikhanouksaya addressed a letter to the ICAO Council President
On January 31, the ICAO Council will hold a debate on the organization's report on the Ryanair hijacking incident in the Belarusian airspace. Sviatlana Tsikhanouksaya addressed a letter to the President of the Council concerning the events in Belarus since 2020. The letter reminds that since the hijacking, two people – Raman Pratasevich and Sofia […]
January 27, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s letter to ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano
“Dear Mr. Sciacchitano, In this letter I would like to refer to the incident involving Ryanair Flight 4978 from Athens to Vilnius which saw the aircraft forced to make an emergency landing in Minsk on May 23, 2021. The premise for the diversion was the claim by Belarusian authorities that there was a bomb onboard […]
January 27, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls to support free media on the Day of Solidarity with Belarus on February 9, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls to dedicate the Day of Solidarity with Belarus on February 9 to free media, journalists, bloggers, and all those who tell the truth about the situation in the country. February 9 marks a year and a half of peaceful protests in Belarus against violence, lawlessness, and the state terror of the illegal […]
January 27, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls to support free media on the Day of Solidarity with Belarus on February 9, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls to dedicate the Day of Solidarity with Belarus on February 9 to free media, journalists, bloggers, and all those who tell the truth about the situation in the country. February 9 marks a year and a half of peaceful protests in Belarus against violence, lawlessness, and the state terror of the illegal […]
January 27, 2022
Support for political prisoners and those released from imprisonment: two new ways to show solidarity
Option 1: “A Country to Live in” foundation’s program to become friends with a family of a specific political prisoner. When a family member becomes a political prisoner, family expenses increase. Relatives have to pay the attorney’s fees and buy goods for the prison parcels. Moreover, keeping the family is complicated without one of the […]
January 26, 2022
Democratic forces announced the launch of the operational headquarters against the illegitimate referendum
“Good afternoon. Yesterday, the regime announced an illegitimate “referendum. It is an attempt to retain power, but it does not solve the political, economic or humanitarian crisis and problems of the people. It is not a choice between “for” and “against,” Belarusians are offered a “choice” between Lukashenko and Lukashenko. And this is not what […]
January 21, 2022
Democratic forces’ position on Referendum and Conctitutional reform in Belarus
Belarusian democratic forces sent letters with the joint position on the referendum and Constitutional reform in Belarus to the EU, US, UK, and OSCE.
January 20, 2022
Democratic forces’ position on Referendum and Constitutional reform in Belarus
Belarusian democratic forces sent letters with the joint position on the referendum and Constitutional reform in Belarus to the EU, US, UK, and OSCE.
January 20, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya attended the High Mass in honor of Francysk Skaryna
Today, on January 20, High Masses in honor of Skaryna were held in Vilnius, Prague, Warsaw, Padua, Minsk, and Polatsk, – places connected with Skaryna. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took part in the Mass in a cathedral in Vilnius. Tsikhanouskaya made a comment on her participation: “This Mass is held in honor of Francysk Skaryna, our educator, […]
January 20, 2022
Democratic forces declare 2022 the Year of Francysk Skaryna
The Belarusian democratic forces declare 2022 the Year of Francysk Skaryna. This is affirmed by the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM), Belarusian Council for Culture, and Coordination Council (CC). The democratic forces of Belarus, in partnership with the governments and the Belarusian diaspora of Lithuania, Czechia, Poland, and other European countries, are […]
January 20, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Belarus’s potential participation in military conflict
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Belarusian democratic forces strongly oppose the participation of Belarus in the military conflict against Ukraine on any side. The potential participation is contrary to the wish for neutrality embedded in the current version of the Constitution of Belarus, which has not been canceled yet. We observe with concern that military escalation is becoming […]
January 20, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “ICAO and the international community can either turn a blind eye to lawlessness in aviation – or stop it”
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “The conclusions from the ICAO fact-finding report are clear. The report demonstrates that the regime in Belarus repeatedly denied requests for information and changed its testimony, hiding facts and the truth. The truth is that everything around the forced landing of the Ryanair plane was done by the regime, while Belarusians are not […]
January 18, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on the ICAO report into the Ryanair flight
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Today, ICAO released its fact-finding report into the event involving Ryanair flight FR4978 in Belarus airspace. The report is accessible to all 193 ICAO Member States, including the 36 states presently elected to the ICAO Council. I am grateful to ICAO for the report release and start of public work on the case. […]
January 17, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and medical community representatives held a working meeting on the future reform of the healthcare system
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a working meeting with representatives of the medical community. The call helped to form a vision of the relevant problems in healthcare, factors hindering its improvement, as well as possible solutions. Read more in the document below. The Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation has started developing directions for the reform and is now […]
January 17, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a call with the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Norwegian Parliament, Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide
During the call, Ms. Tsikhanouskaya: – Called the planned “referendum” in Belarus a farce and stressed that the regime had lost its legitimacy, while the Constitution is not being fulfilled in the country. She shared that the democratic forces urge Belarusians to cross out all ballots choices, protesting against the regime’s lies. The international community […]
January 13, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya discussed with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda the transit of sanctioned products through the Baltic countries and support for relocated Belarusians
During the meeting, Ms. Tsikhanouskaya and President Nauseda: – Agreed to continue coordinating actions on the issue of pressure on the Belarus regime. They find it important to close the loopholes in the sanctions and seek a way to stop the transit of sanctioned products through the Baltic countries. The EU is developing the 6th […]
January 12, 2022
Expert seminar on the topic “Future of election regulation in Belarus” will be held on January 11-12
On January 11-12, an expert seminar on the topic “Future of election regulation in Belarus” will be held with simultaneous translation into Belarusian, Russian and English. Expert discussions were organized by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya‘s Special Representative for Elections, Alexander Shlyk, with the support and participation of IFES, International IDEA and DRI. On January 11, at 16:00 […]
January 06, 2022
Joint statement by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office, Coordination Council and National Anti-Crisis Management on the unacceptability of Belarusian troops deployment for operations abroad
The recent developments in Kazakhstan constitute an internal political conflict. There is no evidence of external aggression causing the crisis or external terrorist threats involved. Street protest is one of the few ways of expressing civic will which is accessible under authoritarian regimes. Belarusians stand with the people of Kazakhstan in their desire to resist […]
January 06, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on sending troops to Kazakhstan
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “You do not have to be a politician or an expert to understand that the introduction of troops is always an armed intervention in the affairs of another state. The people of Belarus would never speak out in favor of sending troops to suppress the will of the people of Kazakhstan. After all, […]
January 06, 2022
How to contact Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her Office?
Official web pages of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Twitter (in English) Official website Instagram Telegram YouTube Facebook Odnoklassniki Contact the Office via email: office@tsikhanouskaya.org Official web pages of the Cabinet of Representatives (use platforms’ built-in translation tools): Facebook Instagram Telegram Spotlight of the Regions The Spotlight of the Regions initiative was launched by the OST volunteers to […]
January 03, 2022
Following Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s request, Google removed the ads with interrogations of political prisoners by the KGB.
On December 21, at the suggestion of several members of the Coordinating Council, as well as the families of political prisoners, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sent a letter to the executive director of Google to draw attention to the systematic abuse by the regime and law enforcement agencies of the Google-owned YouTube service. She gave an example […]
January 03, 2022
New Year’s Greetings by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Democratic Forces – 2022
Speech of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Democratic Forces: I'm angry, too. We thought it shouldn't be this long. It shouldn't be this hard. There shouldn't be so many people lost. We wanted a new country and a new future. And I, too, am angry that in response the Belarusians got revenge, violence and a crisis. I am […]
December 31, 2021