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
Update on the situation in the healthcare system of the Republic of Belarus with regard to COVID-19
The report on the current situation in the healthcare system with regard to COVID-19 in Belarus compiled by the Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation. 1. Repurposed in-patient facilities By early December, many clinics have returned to the customary mode of activities, including Minsk City Oncology Centre and others. Currently, the following hospitals remain at least partly repurposed for treating patients […]
December 20, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt
On December 16, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held an online meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Anniken Huitfeld. The issue of the cooperation of Norway’s Yara with Belaruskali was discussed. Despite the US sanctions imposed on the Belarusian state enterprise that came into force this month, as well as the new sanctions against the […]
December 16, 2021
EU and US politicians on the verdict in the “Tsikhanouski’s case”
Today, Gomel Regional Court has sentenced the defendants in the “Tsikhanouski’s case” in which Siarhei Tsikhanouski was sentenced to 18 years in a strengthened regime prison colony, and other political prisoners were sentenced to 14-16 years. We tell how politicians from the EU and the United States reacted to this. Egils Levits, the President of […]
December 15, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the meeting with EU leaders and Democratic forces in Brussels, December 12, 2021
“Dear Ministers, excellencies, friends, Радая бачыць сваіх сяброў-беларусаў, Thank you, President Michel, for your keynote address and thank you, High Representative Borrell, for gathering us today. This is our chance to talk about the future of Belarus-EU relationship and plans ahead as the Eastern Partnership Summit takes place this week here in Brussels. Just as we […]
December 12, 2021
EU-Belarus relations prospects: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Belarus democratic forces to negotiate with EU leadership
In the evening of December 12, the Belarusian democratic forces will hold a number of high-level meetings with EU leadership at the EU Council and the European Commission Brussels headquarters. First, the negotiations of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will take place. On May 28, von der […]
December 12, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the Summit for Democracy, December 10, 2021
“First of all, I want to thank President Biden for organizing this gathering. President Nauseda, Honorable heads of state, dear friends, Allow me to say how I feel. Allow me to be myself. I feel angry. Thousands of my fellow citizens are in prison because they dared to speak up against a dictator. It all […]
December 10, 2021
Conclusions of the expert discussion “Liberalizing import of services from Belarus to the EU: a revolutionary win-win step”
The Research Center of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Office (OST Research Center) holds weekly online discussions with international and Belarusian experts on Belarus’ pressing matters. On November 18, 2021, we discussed the topic “Liberalizing import of services from Belarus to the EU: a revolutionary win-win step”. Aleś Alachnovič, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Representative on Economic Reforms, and Prof. Krassen […]
November 26, 2021
“Waiting and seeing is not the right strategy”, Tsikhanouskaya to European Parliament
Today Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed the European Parliament. She appealed to parliamentarians, urging them to act harder and demonstrate European values, which were and will be the main source of our strength and the only solid foundation of peace and prosperity. Text of the speech: in English, in Belarusian, in Russian.
November 24, 2021