During the UN General Assembly, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Beth Van Schaack. They discussed the regime’s persecution of Belarusians abroad and the risks faced by those returning to their homeland.
Additionally, they discussed:
📎 Holding the regime’s officials accountable for their involvement in repression and human rights violations;
📎 Initiating cases under universal jurisdiction and through international courts.
📎 The situation of political prisoners in Belarus, including those kept incommunicado.
Ms. Van Schaack assured Ms. Tsikhanouskaya that the US will make efforts to hold those responsible for the repression accountable. The Belarusian leader has previously co-authored an op-ed with Van Schaack for The Hill.
