Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2020: What it means for Belarus and the Plan of Tsikhanouskaya’s Office
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's representative for international affairs Valery Kavaleuski explains what the Democracy Act means for Belarus and what steps Tsikhanouskaya's Office plans to take in connection with the passed Act. Why is it important? Both the House and the Senate of the US Congress voted to pass the Belarus Democracy, Human Rights and Sovereignty Act. […]
December 22, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: 40 days since the murder of Raman Bandarenka
“No one was charged in the killing of Raman. We do not even see an imitation of an investigation by the security forces, although journalists found the suspects in a day. The regime lies to us about Roma and initiates cases against doctors and journalists. As a result, honest people are behind bars, while murderers […]
December 21, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: EKRP published its first reports
The first list of 28 materials of verification was published in the Unified Crime Registration Book initiated by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. These are the names and concrete evidence of the crimes of law enforcement officers and members of election commissions who falsified the elections. At the moment, the Unified Book contains more than a thousand statements: […]
December 20, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will make a working visit to Spain on December 21-23
On December 21-23, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will be on a working visit to Madrid. For the first time with the Spanish government, she will meet one of the political and economic leaders in the European Union. Sviatlana will hold a video conference with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who is on self-isolation, and will meet with Foreign Minister […]
December 20, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya made a phone call with Yara, one of the key clients Belaruskali
On December 18, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and CEO of the Norwegian company Yara Svein Tore Holsether held an online meeting to discuss repressions and working conditions at Belaruskali. The Norwegian partners have been monitoring the situation at the enterprise since the beginning of the protests in Belarus. Yara became the first Western company to speak out publicly […]
December 18, 2020
The working visit to Brussels. Highlights
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya paid a working visit to Brussels. Here are the highlights: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke at the Sakharov Prize award ceremony, told about political prisoners, about Nina Bahinskaya, Mikalai Statkevich, Maria Kalesnikava, Natallia Hersche, as well as the murders of Taraikouski and Bandarenka. She called on the world to support Belarus. Hundreds of thousands of people […]
December 18, 2020
Tsikhanouskaya met with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
On December 16th, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union. They discussed the situation in Belarus and the EU assistance needed for civil society. Tsikhaouskaya talked about how the regime is building the Iron Curtain and returning the country to the days of Stalinism, isolating the people from the […]
December 16, 2020
European Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize to Belarusians. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech
The ceremony of awarding the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2020 was held today in the European Parliament. The leaders of democratic Belarus and the entire Belarusian people are the winners of the Prize this year. The ceremony was attended by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo, sister of Maria Kalesnikava Tatsiana Khomich, the head of […]
December 16, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya began her visit to Belgium and met with the Prime Minister
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Brussels, where she held meetings at the European Parliament and the European Commission. The main goal and subject of these meetings are to stop violence in Minsk and Belarusian cities. In the afternoon, Ms. Tsikhanouskaya had a meeting with the Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová. […]
December 15, 2020
Economic pressure and assistance program. Highlights
On December 15, the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a press conference on the program of economic pressure on the regime and support of the people of Belarus. The speakers were Ales Aliakhnovich, Tsikhanouskaya's economic representative, political advisor Alexander Dabravolski, Pavel Latushka, member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council, and the head of NAM, […]
December 15, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Steinmeier expressed admiration for the feat of the Belarusian people. They discussed the importance of national identity in the fight for freedom. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya stressed that the language, history, interest in culture and the white-red-white flag are what strengthen the protest. Tsikhanouskaya said that Lukashenko will leave one way or another, but this must happen […]
December 14, 2020
Highlights of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to Bundestag
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the President of the Bundestag Wolfgang Schäuble, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag Norbert Röttgen and Vice-President of the German Bundestag Claudia Roth. The main subject of the meetings was assistance to Belarusians. It includes supporting the repressed, the wounded, those trying to get the necessary treatment, […]
December 14, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya started her visit to Germany
She met with Svetlana Alexievich in Berlin. They discussed how to help people in Belarus. Alexievich said that she was collecting stories for a possible book, the story of the heroes of this revolution. Tsikhanouskaya emphasized that at every meeting with foreign politicians, she tells the stories of Belarusians and each of them she experiences […]
December 13, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will travel to Berlin and Brussels on December 13-16
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will travel to Berlin and Brussels on December 13-16 to work on achieving the most pressing policy agenda item: to stop violence and lawlessness against Belarusians. This will be the first step to a political dialogue leading to the resolution of the political crisis in Belarus and new presidential elections. In Berlin, Mrs. Tsikhanouskaya […]
December 12, 2020
Key Positions and Insights in Foreign Policy
Cooperation with Russia What is Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s view on the cooperation with Russia? Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya remains committed to the multifaceted foreign policy. Russia is and has always been Belarus’s close neighbor and working with it is a natural foreign policy priority. The only thing we ask from Moscow is to withdraw support from Lukashenka. The […]
December 11, 2020
Private Sector Support – Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office plan
Belarusian business took the plunge and supported the protest and strike of Belarusians. For this, the regime began a wave of repressions against entrepreneurs. For far-fetched reasons, several hundred catering, trade, and service establishments have been closed throughout the country. The investments of entrepreneurs, the well-being of employees, thousands of whom have already lost their […]
December 11, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Foreign Policy Priorities
Belarusians have been living under state terror for months. The price they are paying for their peaceful fight is too high. We are asking you to act faster and assertively. Western countries should demand new and fair elections and the release of all political prisoners. Our priorities and recommendations: Solidarity Help host those who were […]
December 10, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya appoints Valery Kavaleuski as her representative on international affairs
Valery Kavaleuski is a diplomat. He graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University, the IPM Business School, holds a master's degree from Georgetown University (USA). At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, he dealt with relations between Belarus and the United States, worked at the embassy in Washington. Before […]
December 10, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Ambassador of Israel
Today the Ambassador of the State of Israel to Lithuania Yossef Levy visited the Office of Sviatlana Tskihanouskaya in Vilnius. He explained that the presentation of credentials to Lukashenka by the new Israeli Ambassador to Minsk does not mean support for the actions of Lukashenka's regime. This was done so that Israel could help representatives […]
December 10, 2020
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General has launched a pre-trial investigation under universal jurisdiction into crimes against humanity under a complaint by a Belarusian citizen
The Prosecutor General's Office of Lithuania officially announced that it launched a criminal probe and began a pre-trial investigation into the violence against the Belarusian Maksim Kharoshyn. Maksim was tortured in Minsk. He ended up in a hospital and then fled to Lithuania. On November 30, on behalf of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's office, Lawyer Giedrius Danėlius […]
December 09, 2020
Ten principles of new elections. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office concept
According to Belarusian laws, snap election can be held in the event of the voluntary resignation of the president, the removal or dismissal of the president from office by parliament. The election must be held at least 30 days, and maximum – 70 days after the vacancy occurs. In the current situation, election preparation can […]
December 07, 2020
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sent a letter to Pope Francis
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed an open letter to Pope Francis: “Fraternal Society: A Vision For a New Belarus”. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has sent an open letter to the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, in response to his new encyclical Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers), published on October 3. The encyclical, directed not only to Catholics but […]
December 04, 2020
Transition period: Adviser to Tsikhanouskaya on what awaits Belarus
Today, December 3, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya declared her readiness to lead Belarus in the transition period. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's adviser Alexander Dabravolski presented possible scenarios for the development of the situation in Belarus and Tsikhanouskaya's role in them. Belarus is in an acute political crisis. The country's former president, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, lost the elections but decided to […]
December 03, 2020
Call with doctors: COVID-19 and repressions in Belarus
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a online call with Belarusian doctors. She expressed her admiration for doctors' solidarity, especially after 5,000 doctors signed an open letter demanding Lukashenka's resignation and new elections. During the conference, the following issues were discussed: Detentions and arrests Doctors continue to be subjected to administrative detentions. The conditions of detention are very […]
December 02, 2020
“The governing bodies only pretend to govern”. Call with teachers from regions
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a video conference with representatives of schools from Belarusian regions. Olga Shparaga, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's representative for education, took part in the meeting as well. Olga said that the Office for Education is discussing creating an online learning platform with various stakeholders. She also shared the plans to launch a series of discussions of […]
December 02, 2020
Meeting of the Cabinet of Representatives: Criminal Investigations, Student Assistance, and Privatization Example
Human rights Hary Pahanyaila, Tsikhanouskaya's representative for human rights, said that after applying to investigate the case of Maksim Kharoshyn under the universal criminal jurisdiction in Vilnius, similar applications on other cases are being prepared in Poland. Besides, Pahanyaila announced his intention to resume work on the cases of the disappearance of Lukashenka's political opponents […]
December 01, 2020
Launch of the Unified Crime Registration Book initiative
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya launched a new initiative: the Unified Crime Registration Book. Security officials' voluntary surrender will mitigate punishment. “Today the second stage of the People's Tribunal is starting. We are launching a new project, the Unified Crime Registration Book, created by the National Anti-Crisis Management and ByPol, the foundation of former law enforcement officers. Impunity […]
December 01, 2020
Tsikhanouskaya’s representative for education Olga Shparaga on supporting scientists and teachers
Olga Shparaga: “Repressions against the academic and scientific community continue in Belarus. Since November 17, the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has not renewed seven employees' contracts. All of them protested against the lawlessness, served their sentence, or supported arrested colleagues. Today, five more scientists announced their resignation in […]
November 27, 2020
Tsikhanouskaya’s office filed the first application to investigate the police brutality under universal jurisdiction
This is an application to commence proceeding following the commission of the acts of violence against Maksim Kharoshyn, an entrepreneur, detained near his house in Minsk, beaten, taken to a police department and beaten even there until an ambulance was called for him. So he ended up in a hospital and then fled to Lithuania. The […]
November 27, 2020