Posts Tagged ‘tsikhanouskaya’

Tsikhanouskaya wants focus on fight for democracy in Belarus

On a timely visit to Slovenia, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called for sustained international focus on the struggle for democracy in her home country. Slovenia is due to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union in July. Tsikhanouskaya has been exiled in Lithuania since the aftermath of last August’s elections in Belarus […]

Belarus charges opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with terrorism

Belarus authorities on Monday announced a criminal probe against the nation’s top opposition figure on charges of terrorism, a move that follows a sweeping police crackdown on protesters demanding the resignation of the country’s authoritarian leader. Belarus’ Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said his office has launched a criminal investigation against Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the top opposition […]

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